Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly from Hong Kong: a dark-winged hover fly?

Posted by chickenold on 06-03-2013 13:30
#1

Photo taken by my friend yesterday near a stream. Is it a hover fly or something else?
Thanks!

Posted by chickenold on 06-03-2013 13:31
#2

Another angle:

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 16-03-2013 14:55
#3

Nope, I don't think so, This looks more like a Tachinid fly to me..

Posted by John Carr on 16-03-2013 15:29
#4

Dark wings and that pattern on thorax are common in Phasiinae.

Posted by ChrisR on 16-03-2013 19:36
#5

Looks like a Trichopodini :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 17-03-2013 00:30
#6

It is a Trichopodini.