House March Fly: Female, dorsal

House March Fly (Cydistomorpha innotata)

Class:

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

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Deer Fly (Tabanidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

House March Fly (Cydistomorpha innotata)

This Photo:

🔍Female, dorsal🔎

Synonyms:

Dasybasis (Dasybasis) innotata, Dasybasis innotata or Tabanus innotatus

Other name:

Horse Fly

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~13mm long. No visible pattern on the thorax.
Males and females for this group are easily separated by the distance between the eyes. You can clearly see the male's eyes touch, the female's eyes are separated.
Interesting to note, you can't see the male ocelli; but they are visible on the female - albeit, very small, probably defunct.

This species is

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

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