Ectinorhynchus
A Stiletto Fly at Ainslie, ACT
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| Ectinorhynchus | KimPullen | 10 May 2021 | |
| Ectinorhynchus variabilis | MichaelBedingfield | 9 Jan 2020 | |
| Ectinorhynchus | jb2602 | 23 Oct 2019 |
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9 Jan 2020
Identified as Ectinorhynchus variabilis on iNaturalist, a species thought to be restricted to Tasmania.
9 Jan 2020
See ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e5fea030-c3a1-4b15-919c-236800e4fc88
It has been recorded elsewhere.
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e5fea030-c3a1-4b15-919c-236800e4fc88
It has been recorded elsewhere.
9 Jan 2020
Ectinorhynchus (variabilis) – robust flies, dull black medial stripe on thorax surrounded by 2 broad dull silver stripes joining posteriorly; antennae hairy, as long as head, robust, first and third segments chunky cylindrical & about equal length; sub-apical seta on hind femur, banded wings, venation – open m3 (that you can’t see), male – females have orange laterally on thorax and orange abdomen usually.
Female; note dull silver back of head in lateral view
(Christine Lambkin, Qld Museum)
Female; note dull silver back of head in lateral view
(Christine Lambkin, Qld Museum)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152064-35.259243
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Sep 2019 10:17 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ectinorhynchus sp. (genus) Stiletto flies (Therevidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Ectinorhynchus Scientific name
- A Stiletto Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 717.1m Recorded at altitude
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