Alice Springs Desert Park
Among the many insects to be found at the Alice Springs Desert Park, include members of the order Diptera, that include species of commonly named Bee Fly. Central Australia is home to large number of described and undescribed species of true flies in the order Diptera.
Click on the following images in the order Diptera to see more information.
See Alice Springs Diptera and Insects > Diptera | Diptera – image index
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Superorder: Panorpida
- (unranked): Antliophora
- Order: Diptera
Footnote & References
- Fly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly (last visited Feb. 12, 2022)
- Diptera, Linnaeus, 1758, Flies, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn%3Alsid%3Abiodiversity.org.au%3Aafd.taxon%3A6bb27cbe-1bc6-4a7b-b348-e3b5677f239f
- Flies Order Diptera, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/47822-Diptera
- Flies and mosquitoes: Order Diptera, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/flies-and-mosquitoes-order-diptera/
- Flies, CSIRO, https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/insects/flies-research
ASDP DipteraBee Fly (Australiphthiria sp) Bee Fly (Ligyra cingulata)
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