Thread subject: Diptera.info :: What fly is this?

Posted by keicanthony on 06-10-2015 18:18
#1

Montane forest, Perak, Malaysia.

Posted by John Carr on 06-10-2015 21:15
#2

It reminds me of the American Delphinia picta, so probably some Ulidiidae.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 07-10-2015 20:15
#3

Sorry you're far from right this time John, it's a lauxaniid from the genus Noonamyia; by the key in Shi, Yang and Gaimari, 2011 (Revue Suisse de Zoologie 118(4): 667-693), with some conjectures, it runs pretty well to N. euphlebia Sasakawa & Pong, 1990 (Esakia, Special Issue No. 1: 123-136), one of more widely distributed species (Malaysia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam). Attached is the image of the wing from original desctiption.

Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 07-10-2015 20:39

Posted by John Carr on 08-10-2015 00:16
#4

North American Lauxaniidae are much less confusing. We have Trypetisoma that could be confused with Tephritidae or Sciomyzidae. The rest have few spots or none.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-10-2015 08:49
#5

Submit for Gallery, please?

Posted by keicanthony on 11-10-2015 04:18
#6

Submiited, Paul. :)