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Family Nemestrinidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Brown Tangle-vein Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia
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 - Body length 10mm
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- Pictures were taken in Alexandra Hill bushland on Feb 2006. The pictures
show the
fly get caught in a spider web. We thought this fly was a Beefly in family Bombyliidae.
Dr
Christine Lambkin send us email advised that this should be a member of
the Family Nemestrinidae and the genus Atriadops. We believed it is
the Atriadops javana.
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- This Tangle-vein Fly has five nearly parallel branches of veins reaching the anterior margin of the wing,
The wings are dark brown in colour with creamy white spot patterns.
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- We also found this fly in Karawatha forest on Apr 2004 and Apr 2010.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p755.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p360.
- 3. A review of Australian Nemestrinidae (Diptera) -SJ Paramonov, Australian Journal of Zoology 1(2) 242 - 290, CSIRO 1953.
- 4. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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