Large Scarab Fly: Dorsal

Class:

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

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Pyrgotid Fly (Pyrgotidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Large Scarab Fly (Cardiacera sp ES01)

This Photo:

🔍Dorsal🔎

Other name:

Light Fly

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

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
A large fly with body ~16mm. These parasitise scarab beetles. Also called a Light Fly as they are nocturnal and come to night lights. Found nearly dead after a mothing night.
Very unusual wing venation.

This species is

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

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