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(Ref to original title) I doubt that Lazarus fly is in any way a common name of this species - I just felt it interesting to mention that, of the dozen or so found limp in a swimming pool in the run-up to the rains, almost all revived within an hour or so of being removed from the water. (Ref to original title)

Place: Chongwe district, Lusaka Province, Zambia.
Habitat: generally seen in shade, often close to water. Most frequently on the ground. If handled, tended to fly up into trees when released.
Date: this one 04.10.2011, first seen approx 1 week earlier, was present in far greater numbers following arrival of rains.

Size - 2.3-2.7cm.

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On the offchance that it helps to garner a response, there are two specimens for this one... as I said, most recovered within an hour or so. Some of them just twitched for a bit and then went back to being dead.

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Ovipositor reminds me of Astochia, but wait for someone to confirm who knows Afrotropical taxa better. Thanks for the cool biology note!

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Thanks for the reply! Updating title to reflect possible lead...

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Wing... in case it helps.

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Whoops, looks like a Promachus sp.

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I did wonder about that wine-glass shaped cell that none of the Astochia I could find online seemed to have... An American Promachus swatted for going after a hummingbird does, and, in its favour, it seems that it eats Glossina - suddenly I'm glad that most of the ones I scooped out of the pool revived!

Thanks,

Will.