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Family
Tachinidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Grey Rutilia Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 20mm, female
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- This is one of the largest Tachinid flies that we saw. Its hairy
body is mostly brownish-grey in colour with metallic violet on thorax. It wings
appear to have strongly developed basal "shoulders".
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- Most other Rutilia Flies rest on tree trunk with head facing downwards. This Grey Rutilia
Fly rests with head facing upwards.
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- From those pictures that we were taken, we noticed that
this fly likes to rest on large Paper Bark tree trunk.
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We found this fly a couple of times in Karawatha Forest and Wishart on Oct
2007 and Jan 2008
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- 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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