Golden Bristle Fly: S2, Male, Palps & Proboscis

Golden Bristle Fly (Microtropesa sinuata)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Bristle Fly (Tachinidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Golden Bristle Fly (Microtropesa sinuata)

This Photo:

S2, Male, Palps & Proboscis

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~13-14mm. While difficult to see (needing a still specimen & a good camera or microscope) these large tachinids can be differentiate from large blowflies by the fact they have smooth arista. Blowflies generally have plumose arista.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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