Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown fly Thailand

Posted by Monique on 27-10-2008 15:47
#1
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.

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Edited by Monique on 27-10-2008 15:51

Posted by Jan Willem on 27-10-2008 15:59
#2
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.

Posted by Monique on 27-10-2008 16:54
#3
Thanks for the reply Jan Willem!
Bedankt alvast voor je reactie Jan Willem!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-10-2008 20:18
#4
Subfamily Rhininae. May well be Rhina. Maybe Theo knows more about this beauty.

Posted by Xespok on 27-10-2008 20:26
#5
Stomorhina lunata, female.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-10-2008 20:34
#6
Not a chance. This one is from Thailand.

Posted by Jan Willem on 27-10-2008 21:05
#7
Make that subfamily Rhiniinae. Rhininae is some kind of fish subfamily;).

Posted by Xespok on 27-10-2008 21:34
#8
Sorry, I meant Stomorhina obsoleta, female. Here you can find some images.
Edited by Xespok on 27-10-2008 21:37

Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-10-2008 23:18
#9
Nope. This one is even flatter and has pale legs rather than the black legs in your obsoleta's.

Posted by Monique on 28-10-2008 05:34
#10
Sorry for giving you such a hard time! ;)

Posted by Xespok on 28-10-2008 06:51
#11
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.