Wiry Bee Fly
S1, Female, profile
Wiry Bee Fly
S1, Female, Proboscis
| Wiry Bee Fly S1, Female, profile | | Wiry Bee Fly S1, Female, Proboscis | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
| Family: | Bee Fly (Bombyliidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Wiry Bee Fly (Staurostichus sp ES03) | ||||
| This Photo: | S1, Female, Wing Venation | ||||
Thank you Prof Xuankun Li (XkL) for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~6mm long Looks similar to Geron, with very long legs. But the proboscis is very "fat", unlike Geron and so looked closer. The wing venation is quite different in Geron. We thought it was Myonema, but Chris said "Can't be Myonema, not with that venation" We had another look and noticed the wing venation is close to Eristalopsis sp. before Xuankun id'ed it for us. We can now see it's an exact match for our other Staurostichus sp ES01. We recognise female here as the eyes are separated, males have touching eyes. | |||||
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