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Lauxaniid fly

Homoneura sp.

Description:

This small fly landed on our car windscreen. About 10mm overall length. High lumpy thorax. Plain wings. Banded abdomen. Well separated round eyes. Colours mostly pale orange and white.

Habitat:

In a small nature reserve next to a running creek.

Notes:

The most similar species image is the one on Wikimedia which was spotted about 200kms east https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Homon...
family: LAUXANIIDAE
subfamily: Homoneurinae
genus: Homoneura
subgenus: Homoneura (Homoneura)
species: possibly -intricata or -quadrata

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Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Mar 26, 2014
Submitted on Mar 26, 2014

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