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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Thai 02. Bombyliidae

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 02-01-2006 16:57

Pattaya, large and beautifull fly 12-15mm.
www.diptera.info/forim/5-1095-1.jpg

Posted by Xespok on 09-01-2006 16:58

This fly resembles a little bit Villa limbata of Japan, which I never actually observed.

http://www.insect...baturi.htm

Could be a Villa species or one belonging to a very close gerus.

Xespok

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 10-01-2006 15:09

Thank you Xespok. To tell you truth it doesn't seems to very much resembling, but this one is my first Bombiliidae, so it is hard to me to have any decision. (Today I met the second!)

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 30-12-2007 08:10

This fly is still not rare in Pattaya.
It seems to that two years ago we havn't yet David in Diptera.info...

Posted by David Gibbs on 30-12-2007 20:26

I am afraid the Oriental region is a bit beyond my competance. The wing venation is more suggestive of Exoprosopa or allied genus than Villa. Best i can do at the moment Nikita

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 31-12-2007 09:20

I collected a specimen for you, David

Posted by nealevenhuis on 22-02-2008 06:53

This is actually a Ligyra (they have 4 submarginal cells; Exoprosopa have three). It looks like Ligyra oenomaus (Rondani). I collected specimens of this species in Singapore and Malaysia. Although it has not yet been recorded from Thailand there is no reason it cannot be found there.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 22-02-2008 09:10

Wow! Every fly get it's name sooner or later. Thank you Neal.
Should I start to collect Oriental Bombyliidae for you?
Nikita

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-02-2008 12:24

I think so, Nikita.