Stratiomyidae

Camin, Veneto, Italy

Camin, Veneto, Italy

Camin, Veneto, Italy

Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Camin, Veneto, Italy

Dorsal.Holotype 1695:1

Lateral.Holotype 1695:1

Humbie, Scotland, United Kingdom

A Beridine Stratiomyid. I'm pretty confident of my ID, after comparing it to the ones at Insects of Tasmania - sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniadiptera/suborder-b... Notice the banded abdomen, metallic thorax, and large reddish-brown eyes.North Fremantle, Perth

A Beridine Stratiomyid. I'm pretty confident of my ID, after comparing it to the ones at Insects of Tasmania - sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniadiptera/suborder-b... Notice the banded abdomen, metallic thorax, and large reddish-brown eyes.North Fremantle, Perth

A Beridine Stratiomyid. I'm pretty confident of my ID, after comparing it to the ones at Insects of Tasmania - sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniadiptera/suborder-b... Notice the banded abdomen, metallic thorax, and large reddish-brown eyes.North Fremantle, Perth

San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica

Darbu, Buskerud Fylke, Norway

Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes and gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862 (Fliegen)Infraorder: TabanomorphaSuperfamily: StratiomyoideaFamily: Stratiomyidae (soldier flies, Waffenfliegen)Subfamily: Sarginae WALKER, 1834Genus: Microchrysa LOEW, 1855 ? or a new genus ? (for ID check wing venation) [det. Martin Hauser "Psarus", 2011, based on photos]more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StratiomyidaeIndonesia, W-Java, 10 km S Tangerang: vic. Serpong, ca. 50m asl., 11.12.2010IMG_7785

Jongar, Aceh, Indonesia

Jongar, Aceh, Indonesia

Jongar, Aceh, Indonesia

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Humbie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Humbie, Scotland, United Kingdom