Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian fly.

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 09-01-2011 21:13
#1

Is a family possible for this fly please?
Light trap, Townsville, Australia.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 09-01-2011 22:11
#2

Hey Graeme,
Hope you're not getting your feet to wet considering all the water that is coming down in Queensland! :o
The fly is a Ceratopogonid, so family Ceratopogonidae.
Greetings

Edited by Gerard Pennards on 09-01-2011 22:11

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 09-01-2011 22:14
#3

Thanks for your concern. No the floods are quite a way south from Townsville.
Thanks for the ID.
Cheers, Graeme

Posted by John Carr on 11-01-2011 04:54
#4

Ceratopogoninae, likely Sphaeromiini.

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 11-01-2011 05:36
#5

Thanks John.