Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Stratiomyidae

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 19-09-2014 19:33
#1

Can any one suggest a genera for this Stratiomyidae? Malaise trap. Townsville, Queensland.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-09-2014 08:24
#2

Reminiscent of the European Oplodontha viridula

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 20-09-2014 17:06
#3

I see what you mean, but I don't think it occurs in Australia.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 20-09-2014 18:17
#4

It should be a Odontomyia sp. (if discal cell very small or lacking, Rs unbranched and M veins reduced to a stump and a fold) - with a specimen, you can try Hardy, 1920 (Australian Stratiomyiidae, Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tas., 33-64) or 1938 (Miscellaneous notes on Australian Diptera, IV - Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 63: 70-74)

Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 20-09-2014 18:23

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 20-09-2014 18:46
#5

Thank you Dimitry. I have the fly in hand. Will see if I can track down these references.