Aplestobroma avidum
Robber fly at Mount Clear, ACT
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| Aplestobroma avidum | GregD | 28 Mar 2017 | |
| Asilidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 3 Feb 2017 | |
| Dasypogoninae (subfamily) | HarveyPerkins | 28 Jan 2017 |
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1 comment
30 Jan 2017
Harvey, you are turning up some very interesting flies. There are eleven subfamilies of Asilidae some species-rich, other less so and not all the subfamilies likely to be encountered in this region. The differences between these subfamilies are subtle. This is either Dasypogoninae or Dioctriinae the character that separates these is whether the fore tibia has an anteroventral spur or not and it's not clear from the image.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.985585-35.870540
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 27 Jan 2017 12:13 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
Collections
- HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Aplestobroma avidum Robber flies (Asilidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Aplestobroma avidum Scientific name
- Robber fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1162.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
3 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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