The larva of this soldier fly lives in bamboo (shoot-inhabiting stratiomyds)....original paper:
www.eje.cz/pdfarticles/389/eje_095_1_065_Rozkosny.pdfPhylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: PterygotaOrder: Diptera (Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera (true flies, Echte Fliegen)Infraorder: Tabanomorpha OR Stratiomyomorpha WOOD, 1990Superfamily: StratiomyoideaFamily: Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies, Waffenfliegen)[det. Toni "servitude", 2011, based on this photo]Subfamily: Sarginae WALKER, 1834Genus:
Ptecticus LOEW, 1855
Ptecticus longipennis WIEDEMANN, 1824[det. Martin Hauser "Psarus", 2013, based on this photo]taxonomical info:
eol.org/pages/822914/overviewplease compare:
www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=4536Indonesia, W-Java, Serang, vic. Bulakan: Danau Rawa NP, 120-340m asl., 13.03.2011IMG_0605
