Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs DipteraGreen Blowfly Bee Flies Anthrax sp (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Balaana abscondita Ligyra cingulata Neosardus sp Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Microtropesa sp (Tachinid Fly) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Robber Fly, Bathypogon sp Rutilia sp Soldier Flies (Odontomyia) Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Odontomyia decipiens Opaluma (Australian Soldier Fly) Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi) Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly, Ischiodon scutellaris
The genus Microtropesa are flies in the family Tachinidae. They are commonly known as Tachinid Flies and Bristle Flies. The fly pictured here was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Schizophora
- Informal: Calyptratae
- Subfamily: Oestroidea
- Family: Tachinidae
- Subfamily: Tachininae
- Tribe: Tachinini
- Genus: Microtropesa
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Tissa Ratnayeke, member of NT Field Naturalists’ Club Inc, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ntfieldnaturalistsclub/
- Microtropesa Macquart, 1846, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Microtropesa
Alice Springs DipteraGreen Blowfly Bee Flies Anthrax sp (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Balaana abscondita Ligyra cingulata Neosardus sp Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Microtropesa sp (Tachinid Fly) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Robber Fly, Bathypogon sp Rutilia sp Soldier Flies (Odontomyia) Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Odontomyia decipiens Opaluma (Australian Soldier Fly) Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi) Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly, Ischiodon scutellaris
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