Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly from Hong Kong: Chloropidae (2)?
Posted by chickenold on 16-12-2008 15:30
#1
Photo taken in Mar 07 on a rural roadside tree
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 16-12-2008 16:32
#2
I have onl negative answer - it isn't Chloropidae
Posted by Chen Young on 16-12-2008 16:45
#3
It looks like Platypezidae?
Posted by conopid on 16-12-2008 18:00
#4
Yes Platypezidae:)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-12-2008 18:40
#5
Don't think it is Platypezidae. Reminds me of some Drosophilidae, but I cannot see any orbital setae.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 16-12-2008 22:59
#6
Seems to have the same bodyshape/stance of an Agromyzidae I photographed in summer, with abdomen tucked under. The wings/veins aren't far off either.
Roger
Posted by Jan Willem on 17-12-2008 08:13
#7
I can't shake the feeling that I've seen this species before. It also reminds me of some species of Drosophilidae (Steganinae?).
Posted by mcerny on 17-12-2008 10:02
#8
certainly it is not Agromyzidae
Milos
Posted by Xespok on 17-12-2008 10:22
#9
I think we have had this or a very similar fly earlier in the forum. From the side the distinct white lines on the thorax make the recognition easier.
Posted by Jan Willem on 17-12-2008 11:34
#10
Some species near
Leucophenga?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-12-2008 09:31
#11
I was thinking along the lines of
Phortica, but there may be Oriental taxa that are quite different from ours.