Brown Bush Fly - Musca terraereginae

Family Muscidae

This page contains pictures and information about Brown Bush Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body  length 8mm

 

The fly has the grey thorax with dark grey vittae. Wings are unmarked with brownish veins. Wing vein M1+2 bent forwards with angle and reaching R4+5. Abdomen is orange brown in colour with dark bands.

 

 

 

Pictures were taken in Ford Road Conservation Area on Nov 2011. 

 

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Reference:

1. Muscidae - Graeme's Insects of Townsville, Australia.

4. Studies on Australian Muscidae (Diptera). IV. A revision of the subfamilies Muscinae and Stomoxyinae - AC Pont, Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 21(21) 129 - 296, 1973. 

5. Key to the Australasian and Oceanian genera of Muscidae (Diptera) - Márcia Souto Couri, Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil. 

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