Dec 16, 2019
#1637 - Australiphthiria sp.
Photos by Kay Muddiman
“Really tiny, body length only around 7mm. There were heaps of them enjoying the nectar from our Shasta Daisies. Location Crooked Corner on the boundary of the Southern and Central Tablelands of NSW, elevation 805m.”
Australiphthiria are unusual for bee-flies, in that they are nearly hairless and don’t have the distinctively bent wing-veins displayed by many species. I don’t have any information on what they parasitise.