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Diptera Index

Diptera > Dipptera Index

Welcome to our listed species of Diptera, that include flies, bee flies, drone flies, robber flies, soldier flies and more, found in Australia and presented to you on Ausemade. We like to thank the many contributors, who have shared their insights and photographs of an interesting group of insects…

Dipters – Flies, Bee Flies etc
Diptera - Australia
Diptera
Steelblue Bluebottle (Chrysomya saffranea)
Flies
Steelblue Bluebottle (Chrysomya saffranea)
Pollinators and Flies
Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) also known as Green Blowfly
Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina)
Balaana Beefly (Balaana abscondita), Alice Springs, NT
Balaana Beefly
Bat Fly, Brisbane QLD © Cindy King
Bat Flies
Balaana Beefly (Balaana abscondita), Alice Springs, NT
Bee Flies
Bee fly, family Bombyliidae, genus Anthrax sp.
Bee Fly (Anthrax)
Astraliphthiria sp and Low Desert Rose (Gossypium bickii), south of Alice Springs NT © Dorothy Latimer
Astraliphthiria
Ligyra cingulata - Bee Fly, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Ligyra cingulata (Bee Fly)
Neosardus cosmus (Bee Fly), Wongan Hills, WA © Daniel Heald
Neosardus cosmus (Bee Fly)
Calliphora ochracea Fly, Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Blow Fly (Calliphora ochracea)
Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens), Alice Springs NT
Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens)
Steelblue Bluebottle (Chrysomya saffranea)
Chrysomya saffranea
Clogmia sp (Moth Fly), Swan View WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Clogmia sp (Moth Fly)
Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)
Drain Fly (Clogmia albipunctata)
Drain Fly (Clogmia albipunctata)
Vinegar Fly (Drosophila melanogaster), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Drosophila melanogaster (Vinegar Fly)
Drone Fly (Eristalinus sp), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Eristalinus sp (Drone Flies)
Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs NT
Eristalinus punctulatus
Miltinus stenogaster, Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Miltinus stenogaster
Fly (genus Musca), Alice Springs NT
Musca
Mydas Fly (genus Miltinus), Alice Springs NT
Mydas Fly (genus Miltinus, family Mydidae)
Genus Odontomyia (member of Soldier Flies Family Stratiomyidae), Alice Springs NT
Odontomyia (Soldier Flies)
Solider Fly (Odontomyia hunteri), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Odontomyia hunteri (Solider Fly)
Physiphora alceae (Picture-winged Fly), Adelaide SA © Marianne Broug
Physiphora alceae (Picture-winged Fly)
Physocephala australiana, Bullsbrook Nature Reserve WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Physocephala australiana (Conopid Fly)
Spine-legged Robber Fly (Thereutria amaraca), Eurobodalla National Park NSW © Phil Warburton
Robber Flies
Rutilia sp (Tachinid Fly), Alice Springs NT
Rutilia sp (Tachinid Fly)
Sarcophaga aurifrons (Grey-striped Fly), Alice Springs, NT
Sarcophaga aurifrons
Agapophytus yeatesi (Stiletto Fly), Alice Springs NT
Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi)
Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris), Alice Springs NT
Syrphidae
Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps), Sydney NSW
Syrphids
Tachinid Bristle Fly (Trigonospila sp), Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens NSW © Phil Warburton
Tachinid Bristle Fly (Trigonospila sp)
Therevidae (family) - Stiletto Flies, Alice Springs NT
Therevidae (family), Stiletto Flies
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Superorder: Panorpida
  • (unranked): Antliophora
  • Order: Diptera

Footnote & References

  1. Fly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly (last visited Feb. 12, 2022)
  2. Diptera, Linnaeus, 1758, Flies, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/DIPTERA
  3. Flies Order Diptera, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/47822-Diptera
  4. Flies and mosquitoes: Order Diptera, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/flies-and-mosquitoes-order-diptera/
  5. Flies, CSIRO, https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/insects/flies-research
  6. Diptera (Flies), Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania, https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniadiptera/

DipteraDiptera Index Drone Flies and Hover Flies Flies Pollinators and Flies The Eyes of Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Bat Flies Bee Flies Bee Flies Index Anthrax (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria Balaana Beefly Cryomyia sp Ligyra Neosardus cosmus Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Exorista, Fly Miltinus stenogaster Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Odontomyia Index Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly) Physiphora alceae Physocephala australiana Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphidae Syrphids Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps) Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly (Simosyrphus grandicornis) Therevidae

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