Plagiostenopterina aenea OR? (Platystomatidae) - tropical scavenger signal fly, copula
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L: ?characteristics: Arista bare, apex lobule shaped in male; thorax and abdomen entirely brown to shiningPhylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: TephritoideaFamily: Platystomatidae SCHINER, 1862 (signal flies, Breitmundfliegen oder Signalfliegen)[det. Martin Hauser, 2014, based on photos]Subfamily: Platystomatinae SCHINER, 1862[det. Paul Beuk, 2017, based on this photo via diptera.info]Genus Plagiostenopterina HENDEL, 1912Plagiostenopterina aenea F.? [WIEDEMANN, 1819] [det. Val 2017, based on this photo via diptera.info]some info: insectoid.info/insecta/diptera/platystomatidae/plagiosten...Indonesia, W-Java, Serang, vic. Bulakan: Danau Rawa (Rawa lake) NP, 120-340m asl., 13.03.2011IMG_9821
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