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Tachinidae sp. (family)
Unidentified Bristle fly at Red Hill Nature Reserve
Identification history
| Tachinidae sp. (family) | 22 Mar 2019 | jgl | ||
| Trigonospila sp. (genus) | 21 Mar 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Mar 2019 | JackyF |
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Author's notes
Very small shiny fly
2 comments
jgl wrote:
23 Mar 2019
This is a super difficult one which falls into one of those murky areas of the family that I don't like to delve into. Resembles something in the tribe Minthoini, I was thinking close to Sumpigaster. But there's quite a few possible genera from various tribes which resemble this overall shape. Would be interesting to get a dorsal view with the wing in focus, but I guess that this wont be possible.
I don't think this is Trigonospila, but I can't really explain why, other than gestalt. The thickened gena at the mid-eye level appears to be distinctive, and I'll try to see how this matches up in the collection. Anyway, I would recommend leaving this at Tachinidae sp. for the time being.
I don't think this is Trigonospila, but I can't really explain why, other than gestalt. The thickened gena at the mid-eye level appears to be distinctive, and I'll try to see how this matches up in the collection. Anyway, I would recommend leaving this at Tachinidae sp. for the time being.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.103176-35.325917
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Mar 2019 05:41 PM Recorded on
- JackyF Recorded by
Additional information
- Acacia Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
