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Scholastinae (Platystomatidae) signal fly from a West-Java lowland rainforest

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L: ?characteristics overall shape, wing venation and those cute white ankle socks!biology: Larvae of ? ....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, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]superfamily TephritoideaFamily: Platystomatidae SCHINER, 1862 (signal flies, Breitmundfliegen oder Signalfliegen)Subfamily: Scholastinae (a purely Old World subfamily)[det. Toni Irwing, 2017, based on this photo via diptera.info]eiter Genus Scholastes ??? ------------------ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830 orPterogenia[det. Tony Irwin, 2017, based on this photo via diptera.info]taxonomical info: www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id122633/Indonesia, W-Java, Serang, vic. Bulakan: Danau (=lake) Rawa NP, 120-340m asl., 13.03.2011IMG_0554

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