I observed them hunting along with Tiger beetles (Cylindera sp.) Earlier considered a subfamily of the Micropezidae which are often called stilt-legged flies; but Neriidae have the arista at the end of their antennae (apical) and micropezids have the arista in the middle on the top of the antennae (dorsobasal) Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Secvhsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes and gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862Infraorder: MuscomorphaSuperfamily: NerioideaFamily: Neriidae (banana stalk flies or cactus flies)Genus:
TelostylinusTelostylinus lineolatus WIEDEMANN, 1830 (banana stalk fly)more info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeriidaeIndonesia, W-Java, Tangerang: vic. Serpong (BSD), 45m asl. 24.02.2011_______________________________________________MP-65mm (canon), 1x, f/16, 1/125s, 0EV, ISO100, ring-flash, hand-held(IMG_0212)