Tachinidae (family)
Unidentified Bristle fly at Majura, ACT
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| Tachinidae (family) | jgl | 31 Mar 2020 | ||
| Exorista sp. (genus) | jb2602 | 30 Mar 2020 |
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User's notes
Looks a bit like the Bristle Fly Exorista. Has very long thin legs though.
2 comments
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).
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).
4 Apr 2020
Found a more cooperative specimen to enable better photos and so I will post them now.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.155033-35.264582
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Mar 2020 03:38 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tachinidae (family) Bristle Flies (Tachinidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
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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