Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Pyrgotidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-02-2015 00:48
#1
Can anyone suggest a genus for this fly. At light, Townsville, Queensland.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 28-02-2015 03:13
#2
A Eupyrgota (Taeniomastix) sp., possibly a new one
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-02-2015 03:17
#3
Thanks Valery. I'll see if I can collect some more.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 28-02-2015 04:17
#4
Try please. Perhaps one day I shall come by to see them. Only one or two N Australian and 5-6 Papuan specimens like that in CSIRO, AM, Bishop and BM together...
Posted by John Carr on 28-02-2015 04:22
#5
What sort of beetles do you get at your lights?
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-02-2015 04:29
#6
Various families. What are you interested in?
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-02-2015 04:31
#7
Valery, I can send you this one, but I will wait to see if I can collect any more.
Posted by John Carr on 28-02-2015 05:15
#8
Graeme Cocks wrote:
Various families. What are you interested in?
In North America these flies parasitize scarab beetles; the Eastern species attack
Phyllophaga. A host association for Australian species would be interesting.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-02-2015 05:28
#9
This is a regular at the light trap. I'm guessing it's an Onthophagus, but if there is an association, I've no idea.
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 28-02-2015 08:45
#10
By far, pyrgotids were known to infest only rutiline, melolontine, and cetoniine Lamellicornia, not the scarabs per se
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 28-02-2015 08:54
#11
Yep, oh well it was a nice picture anyway.