Wiry Bee Fly
S1, Female, Wing Venation
Ellura
Wiry Bee Fly
S1, Female, ventral
 
                      
Wiry Bee Fly (Staurostichus sp ES03)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, Proboscis🔎

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.

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Jan-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.