Orange Banded Stiletto Fly: S2, Wing Venation

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:

S2, Wing Venation

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

This species is

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

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