Thread subject: Diptera.info :: I need an ID for this orange robberfly?

Posted by keicanthony on 02-12-2015 05:21
#1

This robber fly is hanging upside down a leaf, with body length close to 1 cm. The colour is somewhere between brown and orange but closer to orange.

Location is lowland rainforest, Perak, Malaysia.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-12-2015 01:01
#2

Asilidae - Ommatiinae

Posted by keicanthony on 15-12-2015 11:32
#3

Thanks, Jorge.

Posted by Eric Fisher on 15-12-2015 18:15
#4

Nope (sorry Jorge...) -- not that subfamily. This is a Damalis sp., of the subfamily Trigonomiminae. Damalis is a very large genus found throughout the Old World tropics; species of this group perch on twig tips of plants (just like Ommatius do).

Cheers,

Eric

Posted by keicanthony on 12-05-2016 15:42
#5

Thanks, Eric.

Cheers!