White-banded Stiletto Fly
Female, dorsal
Ellura
White-banded Stiletto Fly
Female, Wing Venation
 
                      
White-banded Stiletto Fly (Acraspisa sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Stiletto Fly (Therevidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: White-banded Stiletto Fly (Acraspisa sp)
This Photo:     🔍Female, profile🔎

Thank you Dr Shaun Winterton for identifying and Dr Chris Lambkin & Dr Martin Hauser for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~7mm long

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Oct-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.