Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tropical fly

Posted by kyl on 22-11-2007 23:44
#1
Hello. I wonder if anyone can kindly ID this fly please.
Locationawkwardubmontane virgin tropical forest.Southeast Asia.Equatorial.
Size:roughly 1.5-2.0cm.
Is it a xylomyidae or xylophagidae?or Something else altogether?
Sorry, I am afraid this is the only picture of it.
Thanx! Smile

Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-11-2007 23:54
#2
I'd put my money on Xylophagidae (but I'm not a betting man!Wink)

Posted by kyl on 23-11-2007 21:11
#3
Thanx!



Posted by Kahis on 23-11-2007 22:46
#4
If I am not totally mistaken, it is a vermileonid (Vermileonidae). This small, but very interesting family has less than described 100 species.
Edited by Kahis on 24-11-2007 00:07

Posted by Tony Irwin on 24-11-2007 00:05
#5
Now that's why I don't bet! Pfft
(I agree - Vermelionidae)