Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyidae; Odontomyiini, Zambia

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 16-01-2012 19:29
#1

The second of the many flies which I am dismally incapable of identifying - this one, who I am tentatively suggesting may be a Tabanomorph (Edit - Stratiomyidae - I wasn't wrong!), had the following details:

Place: Chongwe District, Lusaka Province, Zambia;

Date; 14/09/2011

Habitat: Floundering in a garden pool (slightly previous to this image).

EDIT - Having issues posting image. My apologies if this continues.

EDIT 2: size - approaching 10mm.

Edited by Will van Niekerk on 19-01-2012 02:10

Posted by Tony Irwin on 16-01-2012 19:36
#2

Stratiomyiidae

Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-01-2012 20:11
#3

Odontomyiini

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 16-01-2012 21:50
#4

Thanks! I had worried this would stagnate in my "unknown" folder for years!

Can anyone advise - should I move this to a different part of the forum now that I know the family involved, and if so, how?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-01-2012 22:16
#5

It is fine where it is now. :)