Unidentified Bristle fly at Deakin, ACT
Identification history
| Tachinidae (family) | 22 Mar 2019 | jgl | ||
| Trigonospila sp. (genus) | 21 Mar 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 21 Mar 2019 | JackyF |
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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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.103176-35.325917
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Mar 2019 05:41 PM Recorded on
- JackyF Recorded by
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Collections
JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tachinidae (family) Bristle Flies (Tachinidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- Acacia Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Tachinidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Bristle fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 3013.9m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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