A flower loving fly at Karabar, NSW
Identification history
| Apiocera sp. (genus) | 5 Jan 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Apiocera sp. (genus) | 4 Jan 2019 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Jan 2019 | Speedsta |
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User's notes
Sorry for blurriness, this one was very fast.
4 comments
jgl
wrote:
5 Jan 2019
"The species you've suggested may already exist as Calocera sp.."
Ok?! Trying to suggest Apiocera sp. (Diptera: Apioceridae).
Ok?! Trying to suggest Apiocera sp. (Diptera: Apioceridae).
RogerF
wrote:
5 Jan 2019
Lack of proboscis suggests not an Asilid but short wings and tapered abdomen suggest Apioceridae. Flower feeders. An interesting find.
RogerF
wrote:
5 Jan 2019
A check with CNM shows we have Apiocera moerans 3390867 listed, identified by Dave Ferguson. It looks identical.
jgl
wrote:
5 Jan 2019
Maybe confirm with Dave, but A. asilica, A. brevicornis, A. similis and A. striativentris have also all been collected in Canberra and all look like this in the ANIC draws (I don't know what the specific characters are).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.250950-35.376225
- Altitude 574.1m
- Places Karabar, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2019 03:51 PM Recorded on
- Speedsta Recorded by
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Collections
Insects True flies (Diptera) Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae) Speedsta
Species information
- Apiocera sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A flower loving fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 574.12m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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