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Grey Rutilia Fly III - Rutilia (Donovanius) lepida

Family Tachinidae

This page contains pictures and information about Grey Rutilia Fly that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 15mm

This is a medium size Grey Rutilia Fly with metallic dark brownish-green body colours.



As most other Rutilia Flies, this fly like to rest on large tree trunk about a meter above ground, with head facing downwards.



We found this fly a couple of times in Karawatha Forest on Dec 2007.



Reference:
1. A revisionary classification of the Rutiliini (Diptera: Tachinidae), : with keys to the described species - R. W. Crosskey, British Museum (Natural History), Bulletin, Entomology, Supplement 19, 1973.
2. A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues - R. W. Crosskey, British Museum (Natural History), Bulletin, Entomology, Supplement 21, 1973.

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