Green Rutilia Fly: Wing Venation

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 identification of this species

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."

This species is

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

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