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The following is a list of 42 species that are members of the group of insects known as True flies** that have been observed on the Pinnacle Nature Reserve. It includes both those positively identified to the exact species as well as those incompletely identified.
All species listed are native to the area.
Photos below were taken on the Reserve by Alison Milton |
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Common name |
Scientific name |
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Bee flies |
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![Comptosia apicalis [White-tipped Bee fly] Comptosia apicalis [White-tipped Bee fly]](photos/true-flies/Comptosia-apicalis_White-tipped-bee-fly_apm.jpg) |
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Unidentified Bee fly |
Bombyliidae sp. |
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White-tipped Bee fly |
Comptosia apicalis |
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Unidentified Comptosia bee fly |
Comptosia sp. (genus) |
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A Slender bee fly |
Geron sp. (genus) |
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A bee fly |
Palirika decora |
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Window-winged bee fly |
Pseudopenthes fenestrata |
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Unidentified Villa bee fly |
Villa sp. (genus) |
Blow flies |
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Unidentified blowfly |
Calliphora sp. (genus) |
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A green/blue blowfly |
Chrysomya sp. (genus) |
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Unidentified blowfly |
Lucilia sp. (genus) |
Bristle flies |
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A Bristle fly |
Chetogaster violacea/viridis (complex) |
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A Bristle fly |
Prosena sp. (genus) |
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A Bristle fly |
Rutilia (Donovanius) sp. (genus & subgenus) |
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A Bristle fly |
Tritaxys sp. (genus) |
Crane flies, Mosquitoes and Gnats |
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White-kneed mosquito |
Aedes alboannulatus |
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A Gall midge |
Austroacacidiplosis botrycephalae |
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Midge |
Chironomidae sp. (family) |
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A mosquito |
Culicidae sp. (family) |
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A limoniid crane fly |
Geranomyia sp. (genus) |
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A crane fly |
Ptilogyna sp. (genus) |
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Black fungus gnat |
Sciaridae sp. (family) |
Hover flies |
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A hover fly |
Melangyna viridiceps |
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A hover fly |
Melangyna sp. (genus) |
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Common hover fly |
Simosyrphus grandicornis |
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March or Horse flies |
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![Miltinus sp. [A Mydas fly] Miltinus sp. [A Mydas fly]](photos/true-flies/Miltinus-sp_Mydas-fly_apm.jpg) |
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Unidentified marchfly |
Dasybasis sp. (genus) |
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Unidentified march or horse fly |
Tabanidae sp. (family) |
Mydas flies |
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A Mydas fly |
Miltinus sp. (genus) |
Robber flies |
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An asiline Robber fly |
Asilinae sp. (subfamily) |
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A robber fly |
Asiola fasciata |
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A robber fly |
Blepharotes sp. (genus) |
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A robber fly |
Cerdistus sp. (genus) |
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A robber fly |
Chrysopogon muelleri |
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A robber fly |
Leptogaster sp. (genus) |
Stiletto flies |
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![Trichophthalma punctata [A Tangle-vein fly] Trichophthalma punctata [A Tangle-vein fly]](photos/true-flies/Trichophthalma-sp_Tangle-vein-fly_apm.jpg) |
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Unidentified stiletto fly |
Therevidae sp. (family) |
Tangle-vein flies |
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Tangle-vein fly |
Trichophthalma punctata |
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Tangle-vein fly |
Trichophthalma sp. (genus) |
Other True flies |
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Australian fruit fly |
Austrotephritis poenia |
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A Muscid fly |
Helina sp. (genus) |
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A Soldier fly |
Odontomyia hunteri |
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A Lauxaniid fly |
Poecilohetaerus aquilus |
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Snout fly |
Stomorhina discolor |
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Snout fly |
Stomorhina sp. (genus) |
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![Blepharotes sp. [A robber fly] Blepharotes sp. [A robber fly]](photos/true-flies/Blepharotes-sp_A-robber-fly_apm.jpg) |
![Cerdistus sp. [A robber fly] Cerdistus sp. [A robber fly]](photos/true-flies/Cerdistus-sp_A-robber-fly_apm3.jpg) |
For more photos from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow this link to the Canberra Nature Map
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Locations/Guide/63/277
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