Dotted-Wing Lauxaniid Fly - Homoneura sp.

Family Lauxaniidae

This page contains pictures and information about Dotted-Wing Lauxaniid Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

 

Body length 6mm

 

This Dotted-Wing Lauxaniid Fly is quite common in Brisbane bushes and backyards.

 

 

Homoneura is a large genus. Flies in genus Homoneura have dotted pattern wings and pale brown to pale orange in colours. They may look very similar. 

 

 

 

We found this fly resting on the leaves of the plum tree in our backyard during Dec 2010.

 

 

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Reference:

1. Lauxaniidae (Lauxaniid Flies) - Save Our Waterways Now, 2008. 

2. Insects of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p773, Fig.39.30G.

3. Australian Lauxaniid Flies - SP Kim, Revision of the Australian Species of Homoneura van der Wulp, Trypetisoma Malloch, and Allied Genera (Diptera : Lauxaniidae), CSIRO Entomology, 1994. 

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