Punctuated Green Nose Fly: In Flight

Punctuated Green Nose Fly (Stomorhina subapicalis)

Class:

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

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Nose Fly (Rhiniidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Punctuated Green Nose Fly (Stomorhina subapicalis)

This Photo:

In Flight

Synonym:

Stomorrhina subapicalis

Thank you Dezmond Wells & Santiago (sanpa) 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
The female we captured was ~7mm, while the male ~8mm
These hover and look similar to hover flies.

This species is

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

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