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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 18-05-2009 18:10
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
About 5mm long. Pictured in Tanzania Muhammad Mahdi attached the following image:  [38.17Kb] Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 18-05-2009 19:01
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Platystomatidae: Scholastinae. Ask Andy Whittington for more details! Val |
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| Andrew Whittington |
Posted on 18-05-2009 23:32
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A magnificent picture. This is indeed Platystomatidae: Scholastinae as Val says, the specimen belongs to Paryphodes Speiser, 1911. Not a great deal is known about this genus. There are 17 species and I don't know them all, but this is likely to be near P. nepticula (Loew, 1873). Scholastines tend to breed in rotting fruit and could be attracted to fruit traps. As far as I know there is no record of larval stages. Distribution is east and southern Africa.
Edited by Andrew Whittington on 18-05-2009 23:33 -----o0o----- Andrew E. Whittington https://flyevidence.co.uk/ |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 19-05-2009 05:01
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thank you Andrew and Nosferatumyia for your help. 
Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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but don't see the image in the post.