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Graeme Cocks
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 Can anyone suggest a genus for these Syrphidae? Both flies collected at light, Townsville, Queensland.
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 Probably Ornidia obesa, originally from tropical America.
 
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 Mine lacks the dark streaks on the wings though, going by pictures on the web.
 
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 Certainly not Ornidia, wing venation indicates Eristalini. I'm not very familiar with the Australian fauna, but this might be the genus Austalis.
 
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 Yes, Menno is right, it is Austalis sp. I have some specimens from you Graeme, and I identified the genus, but not the species yet.
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 Thanks Menno and Gerard. Austalis sp. it is.
 
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