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 Unknown fly Thailand
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| Monique |
Posted on 27-10-2008 15:47
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Member Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 6 Joined: 27.10.08 |
O.k. first of all ... I didn't know there were so many different kinds of flies! I thought it would be a piece of cake to find a name for the fly I photographed recently, but it isn't  . I've browsed the internet for hours and hours, did a forum search on 'thailand' for this forum and I think I saw all the pictures Nikita made . But I still can't find it. It resembles the calyptrata Nikata posted, I think?! I'm not really into insects, but I like taking pictures of everything I get in front of my camera and I would like to attach a name to all the species Hope somebody can help me with this fancy looking fly!It's about 8mm long and his (or her?) tongue moved like the trunk of an elephant  This is a crop of the actual picture.Thanks! Monique. 
Edited by Monique on 27-10-2008 15:51 |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 27-10-2008 15:59
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2169 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Hi Monique, Beautiful photo of a beautiful fly! It looks a bit Stomorhina like. I don't know what kind of genera occur in Thailand. Maybe Nikita can tell you more. Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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| Monique |
Posted on 27-10-2008 16:54
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Member Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 6 Joined: 27.10.08 |
Thanks for the reply Jan Willem! Bedankt alvast voor je reactie Jan Willem! |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 27-10-2008 20:18
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Subfamily Rhininae. May well be Rhina. Maybe Theo knows more about this beauty.
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| Xespok |
Posted on 27-10-2008 20:26
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Stomorhina lunata, female.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 27-10-2008 20:34
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Not a chance. This one is from Thailand.
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 27-10-2008 21:05
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Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2169 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Make that subfamily Rhiniinae. Rhininae is some kind of fish subfamily.
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| Xespok |
Posted on 27-10-2008 21:34
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Sorry, I meant Stomorhina obsoleta, female. Here you can find some images.
Edited by Xespok on 27-10-2008 21:37 Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 27-10-2008 23:18
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Nope. This one is even flatter and has pale legs rather than the black legs in your obsoleta's.
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| Monique |
Posted on 28-10-2008 05:34
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Member Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 6 Joined: 27.10.08 |
Sorry for giving you such a hard time! |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 28-10-2008 06:51
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
OK. I am not convinced about the flatness, this is a matter of perspective and the egg content in females. The legs and the abdomen is much yellower, but it was somewhat variable in Japan. It seems that the situation in this genus in Asia is somewhat unclear. There are many species that have been described recently, so it must be one of the recently described Stomorhina species close to Stomorhina obsoleta. Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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