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Heteropsilopus ingenuus
About 5 mm long, this long legged fly had black patterns on wings. Thorax and body were a metallic blue-green and the legs a pale olive green. The first three pics are definitely that of a male. The fourth pic could be a female. The halteres are a pale yellow (pic #1)
suburban garden - they are said to feed on Aphids. Distribution: http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Heteropsil...
I had previously spotted a Dolichopodid fly Heteropsilopus cingulipes http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/157... but this is a different species- H. ingenuus. BrisbaneInsects website lists these as Austrosciapus connexus http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_... I choose to leave this spotting as H.ingenuus until further confirmation is available. There appears to be several Groups of Dolichopodid flies : "Heteropsilopus comprises three Groups: the trilagatus Group from southern India and Sri Lanka, and the cingulipes and brevicornis Groups with a Bassian distribution in Australia, comprising 17 species, ten newly described. The new genus Austrosciapus comprises 42 Australian species, 35 newly described....." Source: Records of the Australian Museum (1994) Supplement 21, DANIEL J.BICKEL.
Spotted on Feb 20, 2013
Submitted on Feb 21, 2013
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