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Help please with this apparent Clusiid. It may have become a bit greasy. Anterior 2 of 5 frontal bristles turned inwards, the rest backwards. Rather long long-plumose arista. 1 pre- and 3 post sutural d/c. 2 prs marginal bristles on scutellum, of which apicals almost crossed. Vibrissi present. P-bristles diverging. No interfrontal bristles/hairs. Occelar bristles just outside occ. triangle. Legs without dorsal pre-apicals, black except for yellow ‘knees’ and yellow front trochanter. Size <4mm. Thorax and abdomen apparently all black. Thorax dusted (and with irregular rows of setae) between d/c rows. Long humeral and two longer supra-alar bristles.

Seems to suggest Heteromeringia in Stubbs (Proc Trans Br Ent Nat Hist Soc 15 1982). So presumably I’m wrong. Or perhaps it’s another family altogether?

Whisby Nature Park Lincoln UK 25/6/12.

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Agromyza sp., female

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Thanks Valery, that sounds much better!
Regards
Phil