Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mating Metopia (Malaysia)
Posted by orionmystery on 02-05-2011 10:10
#1
Spotted this couple in a park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Body length approx 5mm or less. ID appreciated :)
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Edited by orionmystery on 05-05-2011 02:57
Posted by orionmystery on 03-05-2011 12:11
#2
No one knows the ID? :(
Posted by ChrisR on 03-05-2011 13:21
#3
Looks like Tachinidae to me and they have some interesting features - head shape etc. But I wouldn't be able to go further than that :)
Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 05-05-2011 00:41
#4
This may look like Tachinidae, but isn't.
It is Metopia (Sarcophagidae). Very nice picture.
Liekele
Posted by Thomas Pape on 05-05-2011 22:57
#5
Liekele is correct, this is a pair of Metopia, and in my opinion it is M. argyrocephala. The oriental fauna of Metopia is relatively small, and of those species where the fronto-orbitals are expanded to meet in the midline in the male, I think Metopia argyrocephala fits best. This species is very widespread, and it would seem to fit also with a presence in the city of Kuala Lumpur. /Thomas
Posted by orionmystery on 19-09-2011 07:55
#6
Thank you Thomas, Liekele, Chirs.
