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 Cool looking hoverfly(Microdon?) from Malaysia
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 24-07-2009 11:11
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 107 Joined: 03.07.09 |
Shot this cool looking hoverfly(?) on a walking trail in a park in Malaysia. Any help on ID appreciated click for 1000 pixel image 
Edited by orionmystery on 24-07-2009 12:49 |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 24-07-2009 20:13
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
It's a Microdon sp. If Menno Reemer comes by he might be able to give you a species name. For that you should change the title to Microdon sp. Greetings Edited by Gerard Pennards on 24-07-2009 23:10 Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 24-07-2009 21:55
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Member Location: Posts: 344 Joined: 10.06.04 |
This is a male of Microdon auroscutatus Curran. Very nice to see this picture, as I have hardly seen any pictures of living tropical Microdons before! Will you add it to the gallery? |
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 25-07-2009 03:41
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 107 Joined: 03.07.09 |
Thanks Gerard and Menno How do i add it to the gallery? I'll try to explore on that in a bit. Edit: pls feel free to add it to the gallery. Edited by orionmystery on 26-07-2009 09:57 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 28-10-2009 16:59
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9539 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Today we collected in Thailand Microdon which is looking the same. sp. or auroscutatus? Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 29-10-2009 09:15
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If it looks exactly the same, it will be M. auroscutatus, as it seems to be a fairly common species in Thailand. But I can't be sure, of course, without a picture or a specimen. By the way, if you find any other Microdontinae, I'm very interested to see the specimens. I'm working on worldwide taxonomy & phylogeny of the group. Especially I'm very keen to receive recently collected specimens for DNA-work. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 29-10-2009 17:40
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9539 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you, Menno. I'll be pleased to let you examen material, but there are two problems: 1. My deep ignorance in Syrphidae - for example, I don't know who else belongs to Microdontinae exept Microdon. 2. It seems to me that during 4 seasons in Thailand, it is first dpecimens of Microdon collected. Well, may be second, if I forget some. So, my test, not as fairly common species , I'd wish (nice fly indeed).
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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