Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cool looking hoverfly(Microdon?) from Malaysia
Posted by orionmystery on 24-07-2009 12:11
#1
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 13:49
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 24-07-2009 21:13
#2
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 25-07-2009 00:10
Posted by Menno Reemer on 24-07-2009 22:55
#3
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?
Posted by orionmystery on 25-07-2009 04:41
#4
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 10:57
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-10-2009 17:59
#5
Today we collected in Thailand Microdon which is looking the same.
sp. or auroscutatus?
Posted by Menno Reemer on 29-10-2009 10:15
#6
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.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 29-10-2009 18:40
#7
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).
