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Family Syrphidae
This page contains pictures and information about Black
Hoverflies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 8mm
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- The Hover Fly is metallic black in colour with dark stripes and dark spots
on thorax. The head is white with dark forehead. Scutellum is deep
violet.
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- Picture taken in Alexandra Hill near the creek during early summer 2004.
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- For general information about hover fly please check this page.
- Reference:
- 1. Syrphidae
- Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme
Cocks, 2004.
- 2. Revision of Australian Syrphidae (Diptera). Part
I - Ferguson, E.W. 1926, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 137-183 [160].
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