Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Apioceridae - Apiocera sp. from Stirling Ranges, southwest western australia

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-01-2010 18:57
#1
Hi


My friend Farhan Bokhari has came back to the home from Stirling Ranges in southwest western australia and he granted me to use photos here in DI and even including them in diptera.info gallery! So more one family for this great forum.

This is an apiocerid with 15 mm size... Apiocera sp. with over 100 species :|

Photo was taken last week.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 02-01-2010 19:10

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-01-2010 18:57
#2
another..

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2010 02:45
#3
Maybe an Apiocera moerens. Need confirmation on this.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2010 17:13
#4
I have just received an email from Torsten, expert in Apioceridae: "Unfortunately I can't provide you with a name. There is a key to Apiocera from Australia from the 1950s, but I haven't studied enough species to feel confident to use images for the identification. There are currently some 67 Australian species described and probably many more are awaiting description." Apiocera genus has many species in Australia... just some are really possible to ID by photos.

However, I got the authorization from Farhan Bokhari to submit him photos for DI.