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 Scholastes? Fly from Mt. Isarog national park, Philippines
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| pbertner |
Posted on 17-07-2014 06:31
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Member Location: Posts: 121 Joined: 01.07.10 |
Fly from Mt. Isarog national park, Philippines. Fly seemed to take up residence on a log and was tasting the bark pulp chewed up by a resident nest of ants. When disturbed it only moved a short distance away. Photo taken in March 2014.    Thanks for any help anyone can offer, Paul Edited by pbertner on 17-07-2014 20:36 Portfolio - https://rainfores...ugmug.com/ http://www.flickr...37609@N08/ blog photo companion http://pbertner.w... |
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| alepercol |
Posted on 17-07-2014 07:20
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 Member Location: Brazil Posts: 68 Joined: 30.07.09 |
Any kind of Platystomatidae, Scholastinae. Regards. "Não por acaso são os insetos tão apaixonantes" Subjects: Taxonomy, Systematics, Biodiversity. Area: Neotropical Region, Caatinga. Families: Ctenostylidae, Cypselosomatidae, Helosciomyzidae, Micropezidae, Muscidae, Neriidae, Pseudopomyzidae, Syringogastridae, Somatiidae. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 17-07-2014 13:23
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10181 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Stephen Marshall's big book of flies has pictures of three genera of Scholastinae. This is similar to Scholastes and not to the other two genera. The eye pattern and details of the wing pattern are not identical to his photos. |
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| ValerioW |
Posted on 17-07-2014 13:32
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 Member Location: Padova - Italy Posts: 982 Joined: 01.06.12 |
Yes, resembles very much the coconut fly S. bimaculatus |
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| pbertner |
Posted on 17-07-2014 20:35
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Member Location: Posts: 121 Joined: 01.07.10 |
Thanks alepercol, John and Valerio. I agree with John that the eye pattern and wings look different from the online photos of S. bimaculatus, though I'll tentatively label it Scholastes for now. Portfolio - https://rainfores...ugmug.com/ http://www.flickr...37609@N08/ blog photo companion http://pbertner.w... |
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