Striped-wing Stiletto Fly: S2, Male, Abdominal Pubescence

Striped-wing Stiletto Fly (Ectinorhynchus sp)

Class:

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

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Stiletto Fly (Therevidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Striped-wing Stiletto Fly (Ectinorhynchus sp)

This Photo:

🔍S2, Male, Abdominal Pubescence🔎

Thank you Dr Chris Lambkin, Dr Shaun Winterton & Dr Martin Hauser for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~12mm long, male. Black & clear striped wings. The abdomen has reflective pale stripes at the segment joins; quite difficult to see.
Chris said "This would currently sit in Ectinorhynchus but consider that it is an undescribed genus and species."

This species is

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

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