Posted by chickenold on 03-05-2013 23:26
#1
The photo was posted in a forum. The author said it was taken last week.
Could it be a Conopidae species (although it looks like
Monoceromyia sp. at first glance)?
Thanks!
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 23-07-2013 10:12
#2
I'd vote for Ceriana (Monoceromyia), Syrphidae.
Posted by rvanderweele on 23-07-2013 10:53
#3
What a fly! It really looks like a conopid. Just see those antennae!
Posted by AaronS on 27-11-2018 22:43
#6
Of course, members of the tribe Cerioidini of Syrphidae are often confused with Conopidae. But, with the terminal aristae, this is
definitely subfamily Conopinae of Conopidae...from the wing venation; the long, narrow, forward-pointing mouthparts (barely visible sticking out in front of the head); and subtleties in the shape of the frons/face and vertex.
Unfortunately, currently available online resources for identifying Conopinae in the Hong Kong area seem quite limited...and I can't get further than subfamily here right now.
PS: If this
were a cerioidine syrphid (which it isn't ;-), the relatively short length of what (falsely) looks like the "antennifer", when compared to the much long subsequent segment (which would be interpreted as the scape...though it's actually the pedicel in this conopid) would place this in either
Polybimyia or
Sphiximorpha rather than
Monoceromyia.
Edited by AaronS on 27-11-2018 22:56