Aplestobroma avidum

Robber fly at Mount Clear, ACT

Aplestobroma avidum at Mount Clear, ACT - 27 Jan 2017
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Identification history

Aplestobroma avidum 28 Mar 2017 GregD
Asilidae (family) 3 Feb 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Dasypogoninae (subfamily) 28 Jan 2017 HarveyPerkins

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DaveFerg wrote:
   30 Jan 2017
Harvey, you are turning up some very interesting flies. There are eleven subfamilies of Asilidae some species-rich, other less so and not all the subfamilies likely to be encountered in this region. The differences between these subfamilies are subtle. This is either Dasypogoninae or Dioctriinae the character that separates these is whether the fore tibia has an anteroventral spur or not and it's not clear from the image.

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  • 27 Jan 2017 12:13 PM Recorded on
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  • Mixed Gender

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