Gold Coast Flies (Diptera)Blow Fly (Calliphora ochracea) Drone Fly (Eristalinus sp) Odontomyia hunteri Robber Fly (Asilidae) Vinegar Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
Odontomyia hunteri is an Australian species of soldier fly (family Stratiomyidae), that was named after James Hunter, surgeon on the Mermaid (1826), a cutter ship that was used to survey and explore parts of the Australia coastline.
Current observations of Odontomyia hunteri are mainly along the east coast of Australia from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Brachycera
- Informal: Orthorrhapha
- Superfamily: Stratiomyoidea
- Family: Stratiomyidae
- Subfamily: Stratiomyinae
- Tribe: Stratiomyini
- Genus: Odontomyia
- Species: Odontomyia hunteri
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Many thanks for ID to phycus, Martin Hauser Curator, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/204695059
- Odontomyia hunteri, Photographer Stefan Jones, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/204695059
- Odontomyia hunteri (Macleay, 1826), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ca1a6b85-5f35-4559-8f3b-4071f939d855
- HMS Mermaid (1817), Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Mermaid_(1817)
Gold Coast Flies (Diptera)Blow Fly (Calliphora ochracea) Drone Fly (Eristalinus sp) Odontomyia hunteri Robber Fly (Asilidae) Vinegar Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
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