Platystomatidae (family)

Unidentified signal fly at West Wodonga, VIC

Platystomatidae (family) at West Wodonga, VIC - 26 Mar 2023
Platystomatidae (family) at West Wodonga, VIC - 26 Mar 2023
Platystomatidae (family) at West Wodonga, VIC - 26 Mar 2023
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Identification history

Platystomatidae (family) 3 Apr 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Lamprogaster sp. (genus) 27 Mar 2023 KylieWaldon
Pogonortalis doclea 26 Mar 2023 KylieWaldon

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again, looked like only two, and then I could see all the others.

2 comments

   27 Mar 2023
I think this may be a Lamprogaster species (A Signal Fly)- different wing colouring and lacks hairs of boatman fly
KylieWaldon wrote:
   27 Mar 2023
ohhhh. didn't know that MichaelM. TY will change.

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  • 10 Abundance
  • 26 Mar 2023 10:27 AM Recorded on
  • KylieWaldon Recorded by

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