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I recently found this paper:

Martin-Vega, D., & Baz, A. 2011. Could the 'vulture restaurants' be a lifeboat for the recently rediscovered bone-skippers (Diptera: Piophilidae)? Journal of Insect Conservation, 15: 747-753.

It reports that feeding stations for vultures in central Spain have proved to be supporting Centrophlebomyia furcata (two sites) and Thyreophora cynophila (five sites). There are photos of the latter species. You certainly wouldn't ignore it if you saw one.

The author's e-mail is daniel.martinve@uah.es


John Bratton