Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian fly(2) - Family?

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 10-12-2010 04:21
#1

Help with family please?
Malaise trap. Townsville, Australia.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 10-12-2010 09:34
#2

Lauxaniidae. Homoneura?

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 10-12-2010 09:53
#3

Thanks Paul.
Cheers, Graeme

Posted by Steve Gaimari on 10-12-2010 21:07
#4

It is a homoneurine (as Paul alluded), but this is a female of Wawu queenslandensis Kim. Nice find - not very common in collections. Too bad it isn't a male, because they are REALLY spectacular with a median horns on the face. Although W. queenslandensis is nowhere near so spectacular as W. monstruosus, here is a photo of the latter.

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 10-12-2010 21:23
#5

Thanks Steve. The male is very spectacular. Hopefully one will blunder into the malaise trap eventually.
Cheers, Graeme