Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae - Comptosia sp. from western Australia

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-03-2010 22:26
#1
Another photo taken by my friend Jean Hort.
2007.011.19 - Crawler Road - Wandoo NP - Perth - western Australia.


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and

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Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-03-2010 23:13
#2
And I thought I was rusty in my bombyliids...


:D

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-03-2010 23:55
#3
got news on this one from Neal:
"Something "related" to Comptosia. Since Yeates revised the subfamily in Australia, there are about 2 to three different genera it could be now." A pity that Jean doesn't collect any fly.

Hasta!
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 11-03-2010 23:56