Thraxan Beefly I - Thraxan sp.
Family Bombyliidae
This page contains pictures and information about Thraxan Bee Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Female and male, body length 10mm
- Abdomen segments 5-7 lateral margins with white hairs. The haltere knob dark brown with apical third cream. Spur-vein at base R2+3 present, meeting r-m cross-vein directly.
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- Female
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- Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest during early summer. The fly was resting on plants 0.2-0.3 meter above ground, seems waiting for something. They were also found resting on rock and on forest floor. They are quite common in Brisbane bushlands.
- Females are sometimes found resting on vertical mud wall. The mud wall seems there place for laying eggs.
- The above mating pair photos were taken on March 2008 in Mt Coo-tha. Notice that the haltere knob dark brown with apical third cream.
- Male
- Reference:
- 1. Cryptic species diversity and character congruence: review of the tribe Anthracini (Diptera : Bombyliidae) in Australia - David K. Yeates and Christine L. Lambkin, 1998.
- 2. Thraxan Bee Fly - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan
