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Posted by Liliane D on 19-10-2019 19:29

Hello,
In the south of France, on 16 October 2019.
Dry garrigue area. On ivy.
6 mm long.
Thank you for your help in identifying it.

Edited by Liliane D on 08-05-2020 00:16

Posted by Zeegers on 20-10-2019 11:38

Gut feeling is Amobia, but don’t kill me if it is proven some Miltogramma or related. More pics available ?

Theo

Posted by Liliane D on 20-10-2019 13:17

Thank you very much Theo,
You can go on with your life in peace, I don't take out weapons!
Unfortunately I don't have any other pictures. It left too quickly!
I have already photographed a Miltogramma that was closely following an albisecta megachile making its nest (It did not succeed in its task...).
It is true that these little cleptoparasite flies are very similar...
I read that Amobia are kleptoparasites of Ancistrocerus. If that's right and I see it near an Ancistrocerus nest, it would be a safer identification.

Posted by Daniel Whitmore on 07-05-2020 16:11

I think this is a Miltogramma, probably M. iberica, although this species wouldn't have a yellow antenna and arista. Could this be an artefact from the photo? The thoracic and abdominal pattern certainly look right for M. iberica.

Edited by Daniel Whitmore on 08-05-2020 07:37