Dark-winged Fungus Gnat
Whole		Ellura
Snail Fly
S1, profile		 
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Snail Fly (Pherbellia sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Snail Fly (Sciomyzidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Snail Fly (Pherbellia sp)
This Photo:     🔍S1, dorsal🔎
Thank you Tony Daley & Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Record in SA on Atlas & iNaturalist:
~5mm long
Copyright © 2023-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 12-Oct-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.