Bubble-leg March Fly: Male, dorsal

Class:

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

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

March Fly (Bibionidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Bubble-leg March Fly (Dilophus sp ES02)

This Photo:

🔍Male, dorsal🔎

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~5.25mm long.
The spines on the front tibia & the swollen rear tarsi are diagnostic, as are the number of segments on the antennae
This one landed on us as we were walking around Ellura in the early afternoon.
Found one male in April.

This species is

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

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