Apothechyla sp. (genus)

Robber fly at Wallaroo, NSW

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Identification history

	Apothechyla sp. (genus)	22 Nov 2019	GregD
	Unverified	21 Nov 2019	AlisonMilton

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User's notes

Tempted to include this with the previous sighting but puzzled by the orange stripe on the abdomen. Hard to estimate the number. There were lots of robber flies along the whole fence line but hard to tell the species until looking more closely on the computer. I think I've identified three of four types.

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GregD wrote:

22 Nov 2019

Most species of Apothechyla show sexual dimorphism in the abdominal pattern, females having the orange tergite(s). The species in the ACT is probably A. carbo, but without specimens it is difficult to identify to species.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.006047 -35.192465
Altitude 540.5m
Maps Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands
Places Wallaroo, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
19 Nov 2019 12:09 PM Recorded on
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Robber flies (Asilidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Apothechyla sp. (genus) Scientific name
Robber fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1553.27m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

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