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 Mating Metopia (Malaysia)
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 02-05-2011 11:10
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 98 Joined: 03.07.09 |
Spotted this couple in a park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Body length approx 5mm or less. ID appreciated  click for bigger image. 
Edited by orionmystery on 05-05-2011 03:57 |
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 03-05-2011 13:11
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 98 Joined: 03.07.09 |
No one knows the ID?  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-05-2011 14:21
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7029 Joined: 12.07.04 |
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
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London, Coordinator for the UK Tachinid Recording Scheme, my Diptera blog |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 05-05-2011 01:41
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 294 Joined: 16.04.05 |
This may look like Tachinidae, but isn't. It is Metopia (Sarcophagidae). Very nice picture. Liekele |
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| Thomas Pape |
Posted on 05-05-2011 23:57
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Member Location: Natural History Museum of Denmark Posts: 77 Joined: 29.08.05 |
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
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 19-09-2011 08:55
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 98 Joined: 03.07.09 |
Thank you Thomas, Liekele, Chirs. |
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