Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Piophilidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 18-02-2015 20:18
#1
Can anyone suggest a family for this fly? Lauxaniidae? Trapped on window. Townsville, Queensland.
Edited by Graeme Cocks on 19-02-2015 03:54
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 18-02-2015 20:19
#2
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Posted by John Carr on 19-02-2015 02:32
#3
It has a vibrissa, so not Lauxaniidae. I think this is Piophilidae.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 19-02-2015 02:46
#4
Thanks John
Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-02-2015 12:28
#5
As suggests the tip of the abdomen...
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 19-02-2015 18:12
#6
Thanks Paul
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 19-02-2015 20:45
#7
Protopiophila contecta, I think
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 19-02-2015 20:51
#8
Thanks Nikita, that's beaut.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 19-02-2015 20:55
#9
The ALA says that Piophila contecta is the prefered name, so Ill go with that.