Punctuated Green Nose Fly: Hovering

Punctuated Green Nose Fly (Stomorhina subapicalis)

Class:

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

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Nose Fly (Rhiniidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Punctuated Green Nose Fly (Stomorhina subapicalis)

This Photo:

Hovering

Synonym:

Stomorrhina subapicalis

Thank you Dezmond Wells & Santiago (Sanpa) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
The female we captured was ~7mm, while the male ~8mm
These hover and look similar to hover flies.
Mark Newton said "the specific epithet refers to the subapical spot on the wing"
ie "subapicalis"

This species is

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

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