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Hello,
in the end of August I picked up a pupa of Calvia decemguttata in Germany, Saxony. The first photos of the pupa looked a bit strange. There was something like a hole behind the scutum. In the next days the pupa became darker and dried out.
In the box with the Calvia pupa I found a small brown crumb which was not there before. The 3mm crumb looked like a pupa. In the Diptera Gallery I found a quite similar looking pupa (Phalacrotophora fasciata). The Phoridae family seems to have a lot of members. Can be concluded from the find circumstances and the shape of the pupa that it is a Phalacrotophora sp. or are there further possibilities for ID?
Thanks,
Marion

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2nd pic

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It's certainly a phorid pupa, and in association with Calvia, I'd say it will be Phalacrotophora

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It certainly looks like the puparia I reared Phalacrotophora from.

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Many thanks for confirmation.
I will wait some days. Maybe, it decides to hatch.
Marion