Striped-wing Stiletto Fly S1, Male, Head | Striped-wing Stiletto Fly S2, Male, Palps | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
Family: | Stiletto Fly (Therevidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Striped-wing Stiletto Fly (Ectinorhynchus sp) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S1, Male, Face🔎 | ||||
Thank you Dr Chris Lambkin, Dr Shaun Winterton & Dr Martin Hauser for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~12mm long, male. Black & clear striped wings. The abdomen has reflective pale stripes at the segment joins; quite difficult to see. Chris said "This would currently sit in Ectinorhynchus but consider that it is an undescribed genus and species." | |||||
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