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Hi All, just came across this beautiful fly in my back yard in the Capricornia region of Queensland. It is about 15mm long and didn't mind me getting very close for a couple of pictures. The yellow is amazingly vibrant and makes this guy visible from quite some distance. Anyone know this one?
regards,
Trev

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Another view

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I'm going to stick my neck out and say that it *might* be a tachinid, from the Goniini-head and the very strong marginal bristles. It's very tentative though because I know you guys have some amazingly colourful calliphorids - this just doesn't look like one of them ;) Let's wait for Theo though - he might have seen something like this before. I have the genera key here but I have never had any material to work through it :( If you have any specimens then I'd be happy to try them :)

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I think it is an Amenia sp. (Calliphoridae).

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I agree with Stéphane, and I think (but not sure) that there is only one species, imperialis, which I know is very variable in terms of how yellow or orange the face is and how prominant the white spots on the abdomen are. It is a not uncommon species.

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Magnificent beast - would be nice to have a few of those buzzing around here :D

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Thanks everyone, I have checked out all the images I could find for Amenia imperialis and while none were exactly like this one there appears to be a large variation in form in this species so I am happy to go with the ID. From the photos I looked at this would be a female judging by the widely spaced eyes (?)