Thread subject: Diptera.info :: from Thailand
Posted by DidierBPN on 23-07-2024 03:23
#1
Hi! I found a very little fly (the photo is not good...), do you know the family ? Chloropidae ?
(found in the NE of Thailand)
Didier
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 29-07-2024 13:29
#2
Maybe Platystomatidae?
Posted by DidierBPN on 29-07-2024 13:56
#3
or Chloropidae ?
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 29-07-2024 15:24
#4
Don't think Chloropidae
Posted by DidierBPN on 29-07-2024 15:28
#5
ok
Posted by Jan Maca on 29-07-2024 15:53
#6
How about Platystomatidae: Scholastinae with peculiar english name Schoolgirl signal flies? I found a somewhat similar photo on the web
https://potokito-myshot.blogspot.com/2012/02/school-girl-signal-fly-platystomatidae.html
Posted by Gnats2meetu on 30-07-2024 12:43
#7
Looks similar. I'd contact Valery Korneyev
Posted by Andrew Whittington on 26-06-2025 08:42
#8
Actually, the English vernacular name for the family is signal flies. The 'schoolgirl' name was added in the blog to
Scholastes because the author thought that the colour pattern of the fly resembled a classic school uniform ("Its appearance is just like a school girl using its shoes and socks"), but it does not apply to all members of the family.