#chloropidae

[drhoz]

#3558 - Chlorops sp.

Type genus of the family, which is large, widespread, and usually black or yellow.

Point Peron, Perth.

[razehider]

chloropids are known for their ridiculous proportions and tiny size, with this one boasting the latter but not really the former, as a fairly long and thin individual. however, it does have the classic acalyptrate face. laugh at its stupid floppy trunk

(May 6th, 2025)

[palossssssand]

Chloropid study

[arachnophanatic]

Grass fly / family Chloropidae

Apparently they like eyes 😖

[cnestus]

clearing out some older scope photos

Magdalis sp.

Hololepta sp., Arrhenodes minutus, some kinda acalyptrate muscoid i forget

Phasgonophora sp., Inostemma sp., Augochlorella sp.

Cerotainia (?) sp., Chloropidae, Solfugidae

Neaethus sp, Apache degeeri, assorted membracids

[bowelflies]

Chaetochlorops inquilinus (Chloropidae)

"Similar eversible abdominal structures in some Oscinellinae genera such as Polyodaspis, Lasiambia, and Chaetochlorops most likely evolved independently. In none of these taxa has the function of the eversible vesicles been studied, but it has been suggested that they are involved in the production and dispersal of pheromones" - KOTRBA, M. (2009): Male flies with yellow balls – New observations on the eversible vesicles on the postabdomen of male Thaumatomyia notata (Diptera: Chloropidae)

image source, quote source (PDF)

[drhoz]

#2147 - Fam. Chloropidae - Frit Flies

Probably a Gaurax sp. A more distinctively coloured example of these tiny flies. See the post earlier for more information on the family.

Uranquinty, NSW

[drhoz]

#2143 - Apotropina sp. - Frit Fy

A fair-sized genus of Chloropids found worldwide. The genus is not well studied - most species are known from single specimens. One paper says there's at least 80 valid species worldwide, and 22 in Australia.

Many Frit Fly larvae feed on grasses, edges, or bulrushes, and some are cereal pests, but others are found in rotting wood, dead plants, fungi, or preying on spider eggs, mantis ootheca, the nests of locusts, or root grubs. Two genera, Liohippelates in the Americas and Siphunculina in parts of Asia, are particularly annoying for the way the adults swarm eyes and nostrils, not least because they're known vehicles for some very serious infections. In Australia one genus, Batrachomyia, is an endoparasite of frogs.

Tumbarumba, NSW