Slender Orange Bush Fly - Dichaetomyia norrisi
Family Muscidae
This page contains pictures and information about Slender Orange Bush Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 8mm, female
- This Grey Bush Fly is medium in size with relatively slender and long body. It is orange brown in colours with red brown eyes. Its abdomen and legs are grey-yellow. Wings are clear with vein M1+2 straight or slightly forwards at apex.
Female
- Picture was taken in Yugarapul Park during early summer in evening.
Male
- This fly is common in Karawatha Forest and Daisy Hills.
- Reference:
- 1. Northern Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
- 2. Studies on the Australian Muscidae (Diptera) I. Some Species of Dichaetomyia Malloch - AC Pont, Australian Journal of Zoology 15(3) 619 - 640, 1967.
- 3. Studies on Australian muscidae (diptera) II : A revision of the tribe dichaetomyiini Emden - A.C.Pont, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology ; v. 23, 1969.
- 4. Studies on Australian Muscidae (Diptera). VI.* New species and records of Dichaetomyia Malloch, Hennigiola Pont and Probardyia Pont - AC Pont, Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22(33) 1 - 30, 1973.
- 5. Muscidae - Graeme's Insects of Townsville, Australia
