Metz's Stiletto Fly Female, dorsal, wings closed | Metz's Stiletto Fly Female, profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Flies (Diptera) | ||||
Family: | Stiletto Fly (Therevidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Metz's Stiletto Fly (Laxotela metzi) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Female, dorsal, wings open🔎 | ||||
Thank you Dr Shaun Winterton for identifying and Dr Chris Lambkin for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line 1st Record on Atlas ~9mm long. Shaun said "Overall a good match, but those setae beside the antennae are are extending further down (as parafacials even) than any other specimen I seen of this species." Chris said "Femoral velutum very hard to see as legs are folded, keys OK otherwise (as female lacking most defining characters!)" | |||||
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