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 Thai04. A monster.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-01-2006 16:16
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9460 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Pattaya, on the bush, one of a kind, slow moving, unwillingly fling, 5mm. I'd rather keep silence instead of write something stupid. 
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 03-01-2006 16:32
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My first guess would be Platystomatidae, but there are several families of picture-winged flies that have a much higher diversity in the Oriental Region. I will see if I can dig up more. 
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| Kahis |
Posted on 03-01-2006 18:45
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Platystomatidae is also my guess. This is a small family in Europe but huge in the tropics.
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| lynkos |
Posted on 04-01-2006 17:49
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Nikita... what extraordinary creatures you're showing us these days  . Looks like you're having a fun time! Sarah |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 04-01-2006 17:49
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9460 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you, Paul and Kahis, I've never seen before this family.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 23-02-2006 15:05
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9460 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Reading about Platystomatidae I also find possible pretender for this fly. Everything looks siutable for genus Euprosopia with about 100 species widely distributed in Australian and Oriental regions, but north till Japan and Russian Far East. May I be right? P.S. one new image added. 
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 09-01-2008 18:52
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9460 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I still suspect genus Pterogenia, but may be now somebody can confirm it?
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-01-2008 18:57
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this is the beauty of the monster! Really all of these seems Platystomatidae. I'm sure that Val will be very delight to see these and he can says us more or another member of this great diptera! |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 09-01-2008 19:31
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Thanks for nice pigs! This is a species of the huge Australo-Oriental genus Euprosopia Macquart (Platystomatinae). The genus has been revised by David McAlpine for Australia and Papua, but no comprehensive keys exist to Oriental species. Guess neither me, nor Andy Whittington can ID to species w/ certainty.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 10-01-2008 09:02
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9460 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Valery. What is the situation in genus Elassogaster? Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 10-01-2008 10:03
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As lousy as w/ the other Oriental Platystomatidae. Needs a coprehensive revision.
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| Andrew Whittington |
Posted on 27-10-2008 10:35
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I agree with the genus Valery, but I'm hesitant to even propose a species identification. I'd be willing to try it if I had specimens in front of me, but photos are another thing. Elassogaster needs revision and, again, it can be hard to place species labels to photos in this genus. -----o0o----- Andrew E. Whittington https://flyevidence.co.uk/ |
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