Punctuated Green Nose Fly
Female, Plumose Arista
Punctuated Green Nose Fly
Female, "Nose", dorsal
| Punctuated Green Nose Fly Female, Plumose Arista | | Punctuated Green Nose Fly Female, "Nose", dorsal | | ||
 | 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: | 🔍Male, Plumose Arista🔎 | ||||
| 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. Mark Newton said "the specific epithet refers to the subapical spot on the wing" ie "subapicalis" | |||||
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