Adelaide's Bee Fly
S1, ventral
Wavy Taboo Bee Fly
S3, Male, dorsal
| Adelaide's Bee Fly S1, ventral | | Wavy Taboo Bee Fly S3, Male, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
| Family: | Bee Fly (Bombyliidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Wavy Taboo Bee Fly (Kapu corusca) | ||||
| This Photo: | S2, dorsal | ||||
Thank you Dr Chris Lambkin for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere We thought this was a Ligyra sp, but Chris said it is possible but may be Balaana or one of the other Exoprosopini. We've since noted the wing venation is wrong for Ligyra (of the captured specimen). Chris just noted "Can't be Balaana with all those yellow scales on the abdomen." Having another look around we suggested it looked similar to Wurda wyperfeldensis. Chris said "Too many black and dark reddish abdominal scales for Wyperfeldensis". Chris took further time to explain the gender differences (marking our S3 as male) "Males have sclerotised structures terminally and in this group usually twisted so not symmetrical as seen in the sternal image, females have a hair filled triangular symmetrical opening." | |||||
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