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Hi,

Well, don't know what to say. IntKey leads me again to Calliphoridae, Muscidae or Sarcophagidae. The rest of the characters I cannot determine. I believe though it's Muscidae again???

Andr? Jas

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Certainly looks like Muscidae,
The palpi are very large.
Might even be Lispe ?
Kahis can fill us in


Theo

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I think this is Haematobosca stimulans (Muscidae, Muscinae, Stomoxyini)

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Great Tony,

I gather experts like you know this because of your years of dealing with collected specimens together with acurate keys to species level?
I would like to get deeper myself than just familylevel, but it's tough to find out (for an ignorant like myself) what to you and what not...

Andr? Jas

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Well, maybe the last 40 years were not wasted ... ;)
There's no doubt that a combination of collecting and field observations is the best way to get an feeling for these flies.
The first thing that struck me about the top photo was that it was sitting just like Stomoxys, so even if I can't see the key characters, I can be fairly sure where to start looking in the keys.
It helps enormously to have a site like Diptera.info (we can't thank you enough, Paul! B)) because the quality of the photos, and the wealth of experience in the responses, is outstanding. I try to follow all the threads, not just because of the information about flies and hints on how to identify them, but also because the friendly helpful replies and the (international) sense of humour give me hope that humans are not so bad after all. If only everyone studied Diptera - the world would be a far, far better place! :D

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I'll second that Tony (all of it)!
Thanks.

Andr