Australiphthiria hilaris
1 Slender Bee Fly at Bolaro, NSW
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| Australiphthiria hilaris | DaveFerg | 29 Aug 2017 | |
| Australiphthiria hilaris | MichaelBedingfield | 29 Aug 2017 | |
| Australiphthiria hilaris Bee fly | RogerF | 26 Aug 2017 | |
| Unverified | DavidMcKay | 26 Aug 2017 |
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User's notes
I think this is one of the native parasitic bees because of the pointed body and barred marking, possibly family Megachilidae Genus Coelioxys ?
5 comments
30 Aug 2017
Well I was way off but thanks for the identification. Having a name always adds to an interesting observation
30 Aug 2017
David, A simple pathway to Id your fly: One pair of wings = A fly (Diptera). Blunt antennae = a higher fly. Pointed proboscis with no obvious labellum at tip and feeding on nectar at a flower = bee fly (Bombylidae). See page 178 my book. Hope this helps.
31 Aug 2017
Roger, Thanks, so much to learn but I have widened my interests and had a lot of fun since using and making a few contributions to the CBN.
31 Aug 2017
Hi Michael and David, David great photographs! My thoughts immediately too where that this is a Rhagionidae from that characteristic wing venation and it’s bode shape. I compared specimens of Australiphthiria with Rhagionidae and finding several differences. The wing vein R2+3 connects with R1 at different places, the antennae of Rhagionid’s in profile are somewhat similar to the antenna of many horse flies, curiously both hunt blood while Australiphthiri has an elongated basal flagellomere and very small sensing flagellomere in a pit at its apex. As Roger noted the mouth parts are designed for very different diets. Hope this information is useful to you.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.799429-35.947196
- Places Bolaro, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 2 Dec 2013 10:30 AM Recorded on
- DavidMcKay Recorded by
- Ranunculus lappaceus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- DavidMcKay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Australiphthiria hilaris Bee flies (Bombyliidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Australiphthiria hilaris Scientific name
- Slender Bee Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1513.7m Recorded at altitude
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