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Tolkunia hibisci (Micro Bee Fly, family Mythicomyiidae) on flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NT

Tolkunia hibisci (Bee Fly)

Insects at Olive Pink Botanic GardenTolkunia hibisci (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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Previously described as Australiphthiria, this bee fly has been identified as Tolkunia hibisci (Micro Bee Fly, family Mythicomyiidae) on Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum).

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
Tolkunia hibisci (Micro Bee Fly, family Mythicomyiidae) 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
Tolkunia hibisci (Micro Bee Fly, family Mythicomyiidae) 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: Mythicomyiidae
  • Subfamily: Psiloderoidinae
  • Genus: Tolkunia
  • Species: Tolkunia hibisci

Footnote & References

  1. Tolkunia hibisci, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1602273-Tolkunia-hibisci
  2. Tolkunia hibisci, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/107031061
    replacing ID genus Australiphthiria, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109521160

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