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Cryomyia sp (on flower of Stylidium perula), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort

Cryomyia sp

Bee FliesBee Flies Index Anthrax (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria Balaana Beefly Cryomyia sp Ligyra Neosardus cosmus

A member of the genus Cryomyia, in the Bee Flies (family Bombyliidae,
subfamily Bombyliinae). Possibly an undescribed species.

Cryomyia sp (on Stylidium pycnostachyum), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cryomyia sp (on Stylidium pycnostachyum), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cryomyia sp (on Stylidium pycnostachyum), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cryomyia sp (on Stylidium pycnostachyum), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cryomyia sp (on Stylidium pycnostachyum), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cryomyia sp (on Stylidium pycnostachyum), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cryomyia sp (on Stylidium pycnostachyum), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cryomyia sp (on Stylidium pycnostachyum), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort

The following Cryomyia sp. bee fly, was photographed near sunset. The tiny bee fly was settling in for the night on a Stylidium perula flower in Wandoo National Park, York.

Cryomyia sp (on flower of Stylidium perula), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cryomyia sp (on flower of Stylidium perula), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Diptera
  • Suborder: Brachycera
  • Informal: Orthorrhapha
  • Superfamily: Asiloidea
  • Family: Bombyliidae
  • Subfamily: Bombyliinae
  • Tribe: Bombyliini
  • Genus: Cryomyia
  • Species:
    • Cryomyia argyropila Hull, 1973
    • Cryomyia perparva (Roberts, 1928)

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs Lambkinomyia sp © Jean and Fred Hort
  2. Many thanks to Xuankun Li for the ID to genus.
  3. Australiphthiria Evenhuis, 1986, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/ Australiphthiria
  4. Genus Australiphthiria, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/633588-Australiphthiria
  5. Genus Australiphthiria, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109521160
  6. Australiphthiria (genus), NatureMapr, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/species/1384

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