Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly from Hong Kong: Stratiomyidae?

Posted by chickenold on 12-01-2009 16:31
#1
Photo taken by my friend.
Would it be Microchrysa sp.?
The compound eyes seem so widely separated.

www.fotoc.com/chickenold/d/7855-1/20080614_67e.jpg

www.fotoc.com/chickenold/d/7857-1/20080614_69e.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-01-2009 16:34
#2
Certainly looks like a female Microchrysa.

Posted by chickenold on 12-01-2009 16:38
#3
Paul Beuk wrote:
Certainly looks like a female Microchrysa.


Thanks Paul!
Female because of compound eye separation?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-01-2009 16:39
#4
Ayuh.