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Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT

Exorista, Fly

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

Exorista is a genus in the Bristle Flies group (family Tachinidae). The fly pictured in Alice Springs, was approximately 15 mm in length.

Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT
Exorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Diptera
  • Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
  • Informal: Schizophora
  • Informal: Calyptratae
  • Superfamily: Oestroidea
  • Family: Tachinidae
  • Subfamily: Goniinae
  • Tribe: Exoristini
  • Genus: Exorista
  • Species:
    • Exorista coras (Walker, 1849)
    • Exorista curriei (Curran, 1938)
    • Exorista doddi (Curran, 1938)
    • Exorista flaviceps Macquart, 1847
    • Exorista norrisi Cantrell, 1985
    • Exorista psychidivora (Coquillett, 1904)
    • Exorista quadriseta (Baranov, 1932)
    • Exorista sorbillans (Wiedemann, 1830)
    • Exorista tristis (Curran, 1938)

Footnote & References

  1. Exorista Meigen, 1803, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Exorista

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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