Posted by Kahis on 23-04-2006 20:07
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Sciomyzidae. The arista is white and poorly visible in the small version but easily seen in the cropped version. Sciomyzidae is a relatively small family with ~600 species worldwide. Still, I am not able to give you a name or even a genus.
Sciomyzids are amon the few groups of flies that often apper on light. Given that their larval hosts are mostly nocturnal I suspect that the adult sciomyzids do seek their victims at night. Some, like Anticheta, are easy to find with light traps but seldom seen in netted samples.