Spotted-wing Striped Bee Fly
Male, ventral
Ellura
Dwarf Striped Bee Fly
Ventral
 
                      
Dwarf Striped Bee Fly (Villini sp ES08)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Bee Fly (Bombyliidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Dwarf Striped Bee Fly (Villini sp ES08)
This Photo:     🔍Dorsal🔎

Thank you Dr Chris Lambkin for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~5mm long.
Notice the Yellow halteres here, compared to our other recent small one above.

Copyright © 2022-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 24-Dec-2022
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.