Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs DipteraGreen Blowfly Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Microtropesa sp (Tachinid Fly) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Neosardus 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 Bee Fly pictured here is a member of the genus Neosardus spp (possibly Neosardus circumdatus2), in the family Bombyliidae.
This specimen was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Once it had dried off, it then flew away.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Brachycera
- Informal: Orthorrhapha
- Superfamily: Asiloidea
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Subfamily: Cythereinae
- Genus: Neosardus
- Species:
- Neosardus australis Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus circumdatus Roberts, 1929
- Neosardus cosmus Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus danielsi Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus decus Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus elegans Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus eremae Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus fenestratus Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus lepidus Roberts, 1929
- Neosardus millstreamensis Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus nigratus Roberts, 1929
- Neosardus paramonovi Hull, 1973
- Neosardus percultus Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus phaleratus Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus principius Roberts, 1929
- Neosardus rieki Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus sparsus Yeates, 1996
- Neosardus vicinus Yeates, 1996
(At time of writing (8 November 2024), Atlas of LIving Australia has 18 listed species)
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Kimberi Pullen, Di Bickers, Tony Eales for input and ID, members of Entomology Australia “Invertebratology”, https://www.facebook.com/groups/507004496955277/
- Many thanks to Chris Lambkin for confirmation of genus Neosardus and suggested species, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/250772986
- Neosardus Roberts, 1929, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Neosardus
- Genus Neosardus, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1152445-Neosardus
- Genus Neosardus, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/250772986
Alice Springs DipteraGreen Blowfly Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Microtropesa sp (Tachinid Fly) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Neosardus 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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