Snail Fly
S1, Scutellum Setae
Ellura
Ant Fly
Wing Venation
 
                      
Ant Fly (Parapalaeosepsis plebeia)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Black Scavenger Fly (Sepsidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Ant Fly (Parapalaeosepsis plebeia)
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Thank you Tony Daley for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere

Copyright © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Dec-2011
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.