Black and White True Bee Fly - Staurostichus sp.

Family Bombyliidae

This page contains pictures and information about Black and White True Bee Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 10mm

This Bee Fly is large. It has the stout and hairy body, with long and slender proboscis. The thorax is black and abdomen segments are banded, covered with white hairs. Wings are marked with black patterns.



All legs are pale brown in colour. The antennae are relatively long with the 3rd segment slender.



Photos were take on July 2012 in Anstead Forest.

Reference:
1. Bee Flies of the World. The genera of the family Bombyliidae - Hull, F.M. 1973, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 286: 1-687 [104].
2. Studies in Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera). IX. Systematic remarks on Australian Bombyliinae, with descriptions of new genera - Evenhuis, N.L. 1983, International Journal of Entomology 25: 206-214 [Date published 27 October] [206].