Tiny Stiletto Fly
Ventral
Ellura
Orange Banded Stiletto Fly
S2, dorsal
 
                      
Orange Banded Stiletto Fly (Therevidae sp ES03)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Stiletto Fly (Therevidae)
Species: Orange Banded Stiletto Fly (Therevidae sp ES03)
This Photo:     S1, dorsal

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~10mm long, ~13mm wingspan. We thought this was a Taenogerella schlingeri but have found Shaun Winterton's paper and need to review it to check our id's of these.An exceptionally long body compared to the wingspan.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 05-Nov-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.