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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)     iNaturalist Observation
	Order:	Flies (Diptera)
	Family:	Hover Fly (Syrphidae)
	Species:	Long-antennae Hover Fly (Chalcosyrphus elongatus)
	This Photo:	🔍Anetennae🔎
	General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~9mm long. Found dead in the carport. The eyes are wide apart, indicating this is a female. Others in the genus have shorter, paddle-like antennae. Other on-line photos show some white stripes on the body, but they are all males. These flies have incredibly powerful hind legs. They look like a Brachymeria sp hopping wasp. Similar Species: Hopping Wasp (Brachymeria sp ES01)
	Copyright © 2021 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 11-Sep-2021
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.