Ptilocera sp. (Stratiomyidae), - a soldier fly taking up liquid
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Description:
Phylum: 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 and gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862 (Fliegen)Infraorder: Stratiomyomorpha OR TabanomorphaSuperfamily: StratiomyoideaFamily: Stratiomyidae LATREILLE, 1802 (soldier flies, Waffenfliegen)Subfamily: Pachygastrinae LOEW, 1856Genus: Ptilocera WIEDEMANN, 1820[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., 18.11.2010(IMG_7605)
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