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Tephritoidea from Singapore
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Posted on 24-12-2007 19:18
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This photo was taken by my friend Jason from Perth - Australia. This photo fly is from Singapore.

I'm pretty sure that this belongs to the Tephritoidea superfamily. It could be Platytostamidae or Pyrgotidae... or ??? ...

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Tephritoidea I think you mean?
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Smile

Yeah. I wanted to tell Tephritoidea! As you see I appointed the families inside Tephritoidea. Grin
 
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Platytostamidae
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I must go to Singapore! Grin
 
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I also vote for Platystomatidae.

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