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Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT

Australiphthiria (Bee Fly)

Insects at Olive Pink Botanic GardenAustraliphthiria (Bee Fly) Ground Shield Bug (Choerocoris paganus) Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera) Orange Spider Wasp (Cryptocheilus bicolor) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis)

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Australiphthiria are unusual for bee-flies, in that they are nearly hairless and don’t have the distinctively bent wing-veins displayed by many species. They are diurnal.

These are very small insects that have been photographed here enjoying the nectar of the flowering Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), at the Olive Pink Botanic Garden in Alice Springs.

Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum),
Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
Australiphthiria sp on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum),
Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Subclass: Pterygota
  • Order: Diptera
  • Suborder: Brachycera
  • Infraorder: Orthorrhapha
  • Superfamily: Asiloidea
  • Family: Bombyliidae
  • Subfamily: Phthiriinae
  • Tribe: Phthiriini
  • Genus: Australiphthiria

Footnote & References

  1. Genus Australiphthiria, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/633588-Australiphthiria
  2. Genus Australiphthiria, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109521160

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