Author Nikolas Haass ◦
Diptera on our back deck and in our backyard in Carina Heights, Brisbane, Queensland (26th April – 20th May 2025).
- Dichaetomyia sp. (one of the House Flies, family Muscidae)
- Mesembrius bengalensis (one of the Hover Flies, family Syrphidae)
- Chrysomya megacephala (Oriental Latrine Fly)
- Sarcophaga sp. (one of the Common Flesh Flies, family Sarcophagidae)
- Cephaloconus tenebrosus (one of the Lauxaniid Flies, family Lauxaniidae)
- Nephrotoma australasiae (Australian Tiger Crane Fly)
- Chaoborus ornatipennis (one of the Phantom Midges, family Chaoboridae)
- Chironomus sp. (tribe Chironomini; Non-biting Midges, family Chironomidae)
- Quatiella sp. (one of the Moth Flies, subfamily Psychodinae)
- and some Mosquitoes and Midges (infraorder Culicomorpha)
Dichaetomyia sp
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Schizophora
- Informal: Calyptratae
- Superfamily: Muscoidea
- Family: Muscidae
- Subfamily: Phaoniinae
- Tribe: Dichaetomyiini
- Genus: Dichaetomyia
Mesembrius bengalensis
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Aschiza
- Superfamily: Syrphoidea
- Family: Syrphidae
- Subfamily: Eristaliinae
- Tribe: Eristalini
- Subtribe: Helophilina
- Genus: Mesembrius
- Species: Mesembrius bengalensis
Chrysomya megacephala
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Schizophora
- Informal: Calyptratae
- Superfamily: Oestroidea
- Family: Calliphoridae
- Subfamily: Chrysomyinae
- Genus: Chrysomya
- Species: Chrysomya megacephala
Sarcophaga sp
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Schizophora
- Informal: Calyptratae
- Superfamily: Oestroidea
- Family: Sarcophagidae
- Subfamily: Sarcophaginae
- Genus: Sarcophaga
Cephaloconus tenebrosus
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Schizophora
- Informal: Acalyptratae
- Superfamily: Lauxanioidea
- Family: Lauxaniidae
- Subfamily: Homoneurinae
- Genus: Cephaloconus
- Species: Cephaloconus tenebrosus
Nephrotoma australasiae
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Nematocera
- Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
- Family: Tipulidae
- Subfamily: Tipulinae
- Genus: Nephrotoma
- Species: Nephrotoma australasiae
Chaoborus ornatipennis
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Nematocera
- Infraorder: Culicomorpha
- Family: Chaoboridae
- Genus: Chaoborus
- Species: Chaoborus ornatipennis
Chironomus sp.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Nematocera
- Infraorder: Culicomorpha
- Family: Chironomidae
- Subfamily: Chironominae
- Tribe: Chironomini
- Genus: Chironomus
Quatiella sp.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Nematocera
- Infraorder: Psychodomorpha
- Family: Psychodidae
- Subfamily: Psychodinae
- Tribe:Psychodini
- Genus: Quatiella
