Bee Fly: Female

Class:

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

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Bee Fly (Bombyliidae)

Species:

Bee Fly (Staurostichus sp ES01)

This Photo:

Female

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
These look similar to Systoechus sp, but have a different wing venation.
We recognise female here as the eyes are separated, males have touching eyes.

This species is

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

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