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 Conopidae from Thailand
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| EBM |
Posted on 15-01-2011 19:16
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Member Location: Posts: 3 Joined: 17.09.10 |
A friend of mine, Hans Funk, living at Ma Fuang near Udonthani, NE Thailand, found a caterpillar of a Limacodidae moth and tried to rear it. After normal pupation of the caterpillar he expected a nice moth, but to his utter disappointment a fly emerged instead, which I think is a member of the Conopidae family. Would it be possible to identify this fly, at least the genus? I would appreaciate any help very much. Thanks. Erwin EBM attached the following image:  [23.8Kb] Edited by EBM on 15-01-2011 21:41 |
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| EBM |
Posted on 15-01-2011 19:18
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and here a lateral view of the same specimen Erwin EBM attached the following image:  [25.08Kb] |
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| Lukasz Mielczarek |
Posted on 15-01-2011 20:06
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 Member Location: Poland, Krakow Posts: 498 Joined: 27.09.06 |
Bombyliidae. It may be Systropus or something close. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 15-01-2011 20:08
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Based on what I can see from the wing venation I'd say this is indeed Bombyliidae!
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| rvanderweele |
Posted on 15-01-2011 20:14
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Member Location: Leiden, the Netherlands Posts: 1988 Joined: 01.11.06 |
Paul, I noticed your "!". When looking at the photo I was really surprised: it looks like a Conopidae, but I had no idea which genus! I will appreciate a key for the Asian genera. BTW, what a fantastic animal!!! ruud van der weele rvanderweele@gmail.com |
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| EBM |
Posted on 16-01-2011 10:12
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Well, after learning here that it is not a Conopidae, but a Bombyliidae -which came to me as a big surprise- I asked a specialist for that family, Neal Evenhuis of the Bishop Museum, Hawaii. He identified the fly as Systropus polistoides Westwood. This fly is well known as a parasitoid of Limacodidae caterpillars... Erwin |
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