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I collected this fly in the rainforest Ranomafana, Madagascar as a kid in the 80s.
Unfortunately it is in a deteriorating state, but I have always wondered what it was.
You can imagine the thrill I felt when catching this guy with my bare hands. Being just a kid, it was the size of my palm.
I will never forget the sound it made when it came flying over my head.

Hopefully someone might find it interesting, and an ID would be fantastic.

First pictures are on a mm-paper, showing i't wing-span of 68 mm













As you can see there's a part missing, I was unable to locate it among the debris in the storage box.

Hakon