Snail Fly
S1, dorsal
Ellura
Snail Fly
S1, Scutellum Setae
 
                      
Snail Fly (Pherbellia sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Snail Fly (Sciomyzidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Snail Fly (Pherbellia sp)
This Photo:     🔍S1, profile🔎

Thank you Tony Daley & Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Record in SA on Atlas & iNat:
~5mm long

Copyright © 2023-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 12-Oct-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.