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Family
Tachinidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Long Tongue Dexiin Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm
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- The fly has the robust and medium long proboscis , which is about the same
as head length.
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- The Dexiin Fly mostly are parasitic in larval Coleoptera
(beetle) especially Scarabaeidae.
Adults are usually found resting on tree trunk.
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- This fly like to rest on large tree trunk with head always heading
downwards.
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- The fly is quite common in Brisbane's Eucalyptus forest.
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- We found this fly in a few times in Karawatha Forest on Sep and Oct.
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- Reference:
- 1. The systematics of the Australasian Dexiini (Diptera : Tachinidae : Dexiinae) with revisions of endemic genera - DA
Barraclough, Invertebrate Taxonomy 1992, 6(5) 1127 - 1371.
- 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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