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Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)

Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)

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Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:
14 Jan 2022
Diptera
Apiocera sp. (genus)
jgl wrote:
5 Jan 2019
Maybe confirm with Dave, but A. asilica, A. brevicornis, A. similis and A. striativentris have also all been collected in Canberra and all look like this in the ANIC draws (I don't know what the specific characters are).
Apiocera sp. (genus)
RogerF wrote:
5 Jan 2019
A check with CNM shows we have Apiocera moerans 3390867 listed, identified by Dave Ferguson. It looks identical.
Apiocera sp. (genus)
RogerF wrote:
5 Jan 2019
Lack of proboscis suggests not an Asilid but short wings and tapered abdomen suggest Apioceridae. Flower feeders. An interesting find.
Apiocera sp. (genus)
jgl wrote:
5 Jan 2019
"The species you've suggested may already exist as Calocera sp.."
Ok?! Trying to suggest Apiocera sp. (Diptera: Apioceridae).
Apiocera sp. (genus)

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