Pale-footed Fungi Fly: Ventral

Pale-footed Fungi Fly (Tapeigaster argyrospila)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Toadstool Fly (Heteomyzidae)

Species:

Pale-footed Fungi Fly (Tapeigaster argyrospila)

This Photo:

Ventral

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Just over 9mm long. Tapeigaster brunneifrons is similar, but has striping on it's thorax and doesn't seem to be seen in South Australia; possibly restricted to the Eastern States & Tasmania.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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