靠杯 這玩意是蒼蠅耶
Mormotomyia hirsuta
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Where have you been all this time? Africa's flightless 'terrible hairy fly' found on remote Kenyan rock after 62-year search
你到底跑到哪去了? 非洲無翅{恐怖毛絨蠅}在62年的尋找後 在遙遠的肯亞岩石被發現了
Last updated at 12:18 PM on 9th December 2010
It went missing for 62 years, but now Africa's 'terrible hairy fly' has been discovered in remote caves in Kenya.
The insect, which does not have fully-formed wings and so is unable to fly, is one of the rarest creatures in the world.
Scientists first stumbled across the yellow-haired fly in 1933 and then again in 1948.
在62年的消失後，非洲的恐怖毛絨蠅再次於肯亞的岩石洞穴中被發現了。這種昆蟲不具有發育完全的翅膀，因此他並不具有飛行的能力，可算是世界上非常稀有的怪異生物。生物學家第一次在1933年發現這種黃色毛茸茸的怪異蒼蠅，然後又在1948年找到第二隻。
More of a walk than a fly: One of the rarest flies in the world - the Mormotomiya Hirsuta - has been found in remote Kenya
走的比飛的多>>世界上最稀有的蒼蠅之一Mormotomiya Hirsuta 在肯亞偏遠地區被發現
Rare: The 'terrible hairy fly' is an appropriate nick-name
恐怖毛絨蠅>>這是個非常中肯的俗名
然後從1948年之後，至少有半打的探險家來到Thika 和 Garissa小鎮間的發現點，想要再次找到這種恐怖毛絨蠅。科學家說：他們只有不到1.2公分長，而且只在一顆20公尺高的岩石上被發現過。因為他有毛茸茸的長腳，Mormotomyia hirsuta看起來更像蜘蛛而不是蒼蠅。
Since then, at least half a dozen expeditions have visited a site between the towns of Thika and Garissa to find it again.
At less than half-an-inch long and so far found on a single 65ft-high rock, the Mormotomyia hirsuta looks more like a spider with its hairy legs, scientists said.
Partial to breeding in bat faeces, the fly is thought to live only in the dank, bat-filled cleft of an isolated rock in the Ukazi Hills.
It also has non-functional wings that resemble miniature belt-straps, and tiny eyes.
Dr Robert Copeland of the Nairobi-based International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology said the fly's physical appearance had left scientists bamboozled about where exactly it belonged in the entire order of Diptera, or 'true flies'.
Cave dweller: The fly was found in just one area and breeds in bat faeces
Important discovery: Scientists are debating where the insect should be classified
'We have collected fresh specimens for molecular analysis to see where exactly the "terrible hairy fly" fits into the evolutionary process,' said Dr. Copeland.
'The fly has no obvious adaptations for clinging onto other animals for transfer from one place to another.
'With its long legs, it could perhaps wrap itself around a bat and get a ride... but it's never been found elsewhere.'
The Mormotomyia hirsuta is the only member of its biological family and some fly experts reckon the fly will eventually prove to be the only family of fly completely restricted to Africa.
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