-
| |
Family Lauxaniidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Black Lauxaniid
Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
-
 - Body length 6mm
-
- Most Lauxaniid Flies are orange in colour but is one is
black. The head, thorax and wings are mainly black. There is the white band on its wings to make the fly look
shorter.
-
 
 -
- On mid summer 2007, we found this Black Lauxaniid
Fly resting on the board leaves plants a few times in our backyard in Eight
Mile Plains, Brisbane.
-
 -
- Reference:
- 1. Flies
- family Lauxaniidae - lifeunseen.com,
by Nick Monaghan
- 2. Insects
of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p773, Fig.39.30H.
- 3. On
the Fly, The Interactive Atlas and Key to Australian Fly Families CD Rom
- Hamilton, J. et al. 2006. Brisbane : CBIT & ABRS.
- 4. Species Depressa albicosta Malloch, 1927 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory.
- 5. Notes on Australian Diptera. No. xiii - Malloch, J.R. 1927, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52: 399-446 [401].
[ Up ] [ Treehopper Mimicking Fly ] [ Dotted-Wing Lauxaniid Fly ] [ Black Lauxaniid Fly ] [ Long-antenna Lauxaniid Fly ] [ Orange Lauxaniid Fly ] [ Orange Lauxaniid Fly II ] [ Orange-blue Lauxaniid Fly I ] [ Orange-blue Lauxaniid Fly II ]
| |
|
