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Beautiful Ulidiid (?) from Malaysia
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Shot this in a jungle park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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I'd say Platystomatidae
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I have another shot of a similar but not the same fly.
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Also another but i think it's Platystomatidae?
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yes. Platystomatidae.

What a freak! Grin
 
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The two first pix are Neohemigaster (Platystomatidae Scholastinae), the third is another genus of the Scholasinae, but I see almost no characters of a genus.
Edited by Nosferatumyia on 26-08-2009 17:01
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