Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: African Anthomyiid
Posted by
Nikita Vikhrev
on 13-02-2021 12:10
#1
Dear coleagues, in the Manual of African Diptera there if photo of Anthomyyid sp.
Posted by
Nikita Vikhrev
on 13-02-2021 12:12
#2
I have the same flies from Namibia. Anyboby knows the name???
Posted by
Dmitry Gavryushin
on 13-02-2021 12:33
#3
Compare with this: Michelsen - Proposal of
Karliella
gen. n. for the Afrotropical
‘Pegomya’ sexpunctata
Karl, 1935 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a Possible Kleptoparasite of Dung-Breeding Beetles (African Invertebrates, 54(2):335-347 (2013))
Posted by
Nikita Vikhrev
on 14-02-2021 16:37
#4
Dima, thank you for your help!!!
It is
Karliella sexpunctata
! And they use scarab's dung ball as descibed by Michlsen!