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My last "which family?" flies I want to show today. Then there are only Muscidae, Anthomyiidae and very similar flies. A little bit different looks this yellow unicorn. This dangerous animal was found on a southside alp on Austrias highest mountain. Thread is open ... Thank you for any hints. Frank

Austria / K?rnten: Gro?glockner, Hoher Sattel, 2200m, VIII.2004

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Agromyzidae?

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I think so, Agromyzidae bustard
Nikita

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A dangerous animal indeed! It's just eaten at least half an hour of my time!
These pictures show what a sorry sight a recently emerged fly is.
It takes some time for the balloon-like ptilinum to deflate, and the face to settle back down against the frons. Even though it is distorted, it is still possible to see the orientation of bristles on the head, so we can exclude families which do not have proclinate lower fronto-orbitals.
More significantly, look at the thorax, and that great suture that goes across it. I don't think that belongs to an agromyzid.
I think that this is a small scathophagid, but I still have my doubts. However the abdomen shape reminds me of some Scathophagidae, so I'll risk the suggestion!

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I'll second that sggestion. The tip of the abdomen certainly looks like the one for one of the scathophagids with leafmining larvae. And looking at the fly I wonder if it will ever be completely right. The colour is already very distict but the wings still stick together. I would not be surprised if it qualified for a disability allowance.

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Comment from Andrey Ozerov:
"May be female of Microprosopa lineata (Zetterstedt) I havn't material to check for sure"

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Thanks all, especially Andrej, for your contributions. I have noted the name with "cf.". Best regards Frank