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 Rhinophoridae - Acompomintho lobata
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| Clive Lau |
Posted on 25-09-2010 14:44
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 666 Joined: 27.03.07 |
Most grateful if this fly (from Hong Kong) can be identified.
Clive Lau attached the following image:  [80.64Kb] Edited by Clive Lau on 28-09-2010 03:36 |
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| Clive Lau |
Posted on 25-09-2010 14:45
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 666 Joined: 27.03.07 |
Additional views of the head.
Clive Lau attached the following image:  [104.51Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 25-09-2010 15:00
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
small calypters, long petiole - maybe a Rhinophoridae. |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 26-09-2010 00:24
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 305 Joined: 16.04.05 |
It certainly looks like a Rhinophorid. To my knowledge, very little has been published on oriental rhinophoridae. I cannot find my copy of the catalog on oriental diptera on Rhinophoridae, which should contain the last information. Must have misplaced it. Flies of China only mentions Rhinophoridae in family key. Closer examination of specimen will be needed to identify it. Have you collected any male specimen? Regards Liekele |
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| Clive Lau |
Posted on 26-09-2010 01:23
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 666 Joined: 27.03.07 |
So far I have only a single female. Apparently no species of this family from the mainalnd of China has ever been reported. Taiwan has record of Acompomintho lobata Villeneuve, 1927.
Edited by Clive Lau on 26-09-2010 07:33 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 26-09-2010 12:24
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18785 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Though I agree it would key out to Rhinophoridae, I am not yet convinced it is not a Tachinid. If it is a Rhinophorid, it is very unusual. Theo |
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| Thomas Pape |
Posted on 27-09-2010 20:21
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Member Location: Natural History Museum of Denmark Posts: 110 Joined: 29.08.05 |
This is indeed a rhinophorid, and it is a female of Acompomintho lobata. This species is known from Ryukyu Islands (Japan), South Korea, and Taiwan. There are very few Oriental rhinophorids, but apart from Acompomintho lobata we have Malayia with 1-2 species, Oplisa sp., Rhinomorinia longifacies [Nepal] and S. ceylonica [Sri Lanka]. Both Acompomintho and Malayia are "unusual" as compared to the European Rhinophoridae, and they are more reminiscent of the Australian species of 'Axiniidae', which I place in the Rhinophoridae. |
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| Thomas Pape |
Posted on 27-09-2010 20:32
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Member Location: Natural History Museum of Denmark Posts: 110 Joined: 29.08.05 |
I forgot to mention that A. lobata is known also from North Korea, and the Oplisa sp. I mentioned in my previous post is possibly O. pollinosa Kugler. Read more in the Palaearctic Diptera Manual and in Draber-Mońko, A. (2007) First records of Rhinophoridae (Insecta, Diptera) from North Korea. - Fragmenta Faunistica 50 (2): 159–164. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-09-2010 21:22
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18785 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Right. I'm glad I formulated my contribution as I did. Thanks By the way, shortly I hope to contribute to the knowledge of the genus Oplisa, subgenus Anoplisa. Stay tuned. Theo |
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| Clive Lau |
Posted on 28-09-2010 03:02
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Member Location: Hong Kong Posts: 666 Joined: 27.03.07 |
Many many thanks for your identification. |
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