Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly from Hong Kong: with big eye and "medium length" antennae

Posted by chickenold on 19-11-2008 16:58
#1
Taken by my friend in Sep 05.
My first guess: Tabanidae?

www.fotoc.com/chickenold/d/7812-1/20050911_15e.jpg

Posted by Andre on 19-11-2008 18:22
#2
Stratiomyidae (Beris?)

PS: be careful using flash, it sometimes damages the picture...

Posted by Xespok on 19-11-2008 19:19
#3
Yes, Stratiomyidae. I's put it closer to Ptecticus.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-11-2008 20:53
#4
I thought Ptecticus resembled Sargus more closely...