Orange Banded Stiletto Fly
S1, Antennae
Ellura
Stiletto Fly
 
                      
Orange Banded Stiletto Fly (Therevidae sp ES03)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Stiletto Fly (Therevidae)
Species: Orange Banded Stiletto Fly (Therevidae sp ES03)
This Photo:     S1, ventral

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~10mm long, ~13mm wingspan. We thought this was a Taenogerella schlingeri but have found Shaun Winterton's paper and need to review it to check our id's of these.An exceptionally long body compared to the wingspan.
Two found on the same night in November

Copyright © 2018-2023 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 05-Nov-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.