Small Fluffy Bee Fly: S1, Male, posterior

Class:

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

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Bee Fly (Bombyliidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Small Fluffy Bee Fly (Nigromyia sp)

This Photo:

S1, Male, posterior

Thank you Prof Xuankun Li (XkL) for identifying and Dr Chris Lambkin for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Riverland and possibly elsewhere
~6mm long with green eyes.
It has 2 white tufts on the sides of the abdomen which aren't showing clearly against the white background. But with the naked eye contrast strongly against the black hair on the abdomen.
It's thorax is covered in fine orange hairs, with a black body.
Oh, and who could miss that huge proboscis

We recognise the male here as the eyes are touching, females have separated eyes.

This species is

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

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