Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Malaysian Dolichopodidae

Posted by dalmanni on 08-11-2017 22:57
#1
Found July 2017, Ulu Gomback valley, peninsular Malaysia, rainforest habitat. Captured at night, on a root hair over hanging a stream. Unfortunately there are no pre-dissection photos, or better quality ones of the fly itself. Its abdomen was very small and stubby. Also shown in the images are it's testes (small orange/brown spheres) and accessory glands (one broken).
Edited by dalmanni on 09-11-2017 16:10

Posted by dalmanni on 08-11-2017 23:03
#2
Testes and accessory glands
Edited by dalmanni on 09-11-2017 01:15

Posted by Tony Irwin on 09-11-2017 01:34
#3
I'm fairly sure this is Dolichopodidae, rather than Drosophilidae.

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 09-11-2017 12:48
#4
Malaysia has a lot of Chaetogonopteron spp. with similar habitus. Hind basitarsus seems shortened, please check. Antenna shape is rare in Doli, can be met in Chaetogonopteron, Acropsilus, Chrysotus.