Tachinidae (family)

Unidentified Bristle fly at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

	Tachinidae (family)	31 Mar 2020	jgl
	Exorista sp. (genus)	30 Mar 2020	jb2602

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Looks a bit like the Bristle Fly Exorista. Has very long thin legs though.

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jgl wrote:

1 Apr 2020

There's not enough visible to place this decisively into a subfamily, let alone a genus. The chaetotaxy is difficult to make out, especially on the prescutum, scutellum, and radial nodes of the wings; the face is also obscured.

Some possibilities would be Ceracia (Exoristinae: Acemyini), and perhaps some of dexiine genera with long legs - Prosena, Senostoma or Prosenina (Dexiinae: Dexiini).

Most likely not Exorista: only 3 post dc setae (not 4), and strong crossed apical scutellar setae (generally weaker and horizontal in Exorista).

jb2602 wrote:

4 Apr 2020

Found a more cooperative specimen to enable better photos and so I will post them now.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
29 Mar 2020 03:38 PM Recorded on
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jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tachinidae (family) Bristle Flies (Tachinidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects

Additional information

5mm to 12mm 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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