Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophoridae - Acompomintho lobata

Posted by Thomas Pape on 27-09-2010 19:21
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This is indeed a rhinophorid, and it is a female of Acompomintho lobata. This species is known from Ryukyu Islands (Japan), South Korea, and Taiwan. There are very few Oriental rhinophorids, but apart from Acompomintho lobata we have Malayia with 1-2 species, Oplisa sp., Rhinomorinia longifacies [Nepal] and S. ceylonica [Sri Lanka]. Both Acompomintho and Malayia are "unusual" as compared to the European Rhinophoridae, and they are more reminiscent of the Australian species of 'Axiniidae', which I place in the Rhinophoridae.