Cosmina ? (Calliphoridae, Rhiniinae) - Blowfly from West-Java

Description:

Blowflies in subfamily Rhiniinae are small to medium in size with narrow body. The thorax is covered with short setae. Their larvae are associated predators or parasites - with ant or termite nest; all calliphorid subfamilies that cause parasitism to ants and termites (Bengaliinae and Rhiniinae) seem to be monophyletic: social insects parasitic behaviour evolved once in the Calliphoridae (academic.oup.com/jme/article/50/1/15/891876).Those adult flies are commonly found feeding on flowering plants. Some reference put this group as family Rhiniidae, however, that implicates some issues (s. paper above).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 & gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862 (true flies, Echte Fliegen)Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: Oestroidea TOWNSEND, 1931Family: Calliphoridae BRAUER & BERGENSTAMM, 1889 (blow flies or cluster flies, Schmeifliegen)Subfamily: Rhiniinae BRAUER & BERGENSTAMM, 1889Genus: Cosmina ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830[det. Stephane Lebrun, 2017, based on photos]possibly: Cosima fucipennis ?to be compared: diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=2426more info: ?Indonesia, W-Java, 10 km S Tangerang: vic. Serpong (BSD-Kampung), ca. 50m asl., 04.06.2011______________________________________________IMG_9844 Cropped enlargement / Ausschnittsvergrerung