Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly from Hong Kong: Conopidae?

Posted by chickenold on 16-06-2010 18:59
#1
Photo taken by my friend.
It looks like a syrphid fly, but is the "can-opener" at the end of abdomen a feature of Conopidae?
Thanks...

Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-06-2010 19:01
#2
Syrphidae. Sphegina or a related genus.

Posted by Maddin on 17-06-2010 04:31
#3
I second this, it is Sphegina for sure... Many of the Asian species are still undescribed..