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Bee fly from Hong Kong: Systropus sp.?
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 Photo taken by my friend.
About 25mm long, found on a remote island.
Would it be Systropus sp.?
www.fotoc.com/chickenold/d/7851-1/2008060809_247e.jpg
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 WOW!!! Systropus sp. (Bombyliidae)
but it really remember in some way the Stylogaster!!

Fabulous!!! Fabulous!! WOWOW!
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 11-01-2009 15:20
 
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 this is one of the most beautiful fly I've seen along with the fabulous Toxophora fasciculata! Grin
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 11-01-2009 15:31
 
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