![]() | Green Rutilia Fly Profile | Green Rutilia Fly Ocelli | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
Family: | Bristle Fly (Tachinidae) | ||||
Species: | Green Rutilia Fly (Rutilia simplex) | ||||
This Photo: | Wing Venation | ||||
Thank you James Lumbers for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere A very large fly at 20mm body & head length. James said "As far the current taxonomy goes, this is absolutely R. simplex. There are no other Rutilia (in Australia) with metallic parafacials." | |||||
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