Chloropidae (family)

3 Frit fly at Latham, ACT

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Identification history

	Chloropidae (family)	18 Aug 2023	KimberiRP
	Unidentified	23 Dec 2021	Roger

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We haved looked at ALA and we cant find anything that matches this little fly.

12 comments

AlisonMilton wrote:

28 Dec 2021

@Roger Roger, This looks very like the little fly I found a few weeks ago at Yaouk Chloropidae (family) (Frit fly)
Like you I haven't been able to find a maatch but would love to have it identified.

Roger wrote:

28 Dec 2021

Hi Alison,
I think the one I saw was a bit smaller than yours (2/3mm) but almost identical. May be Kim Pullen would be ably to get into the CSIRO collection when its feasible. My wife scanned through ALA but couldn't find anything.

AlisonMilton wrote:

28 Dec 2021

Roger, I'm not very good at estimating size in metric having grown up with imperial measurements. Mine could well indeed have been about the same size as yours. It was very small.

Roger wrote:

29 Dec 2021

I'm no different Alison, I find sizing an insect hard.

KimberiRP wrote:

26 Jul 2023

Yes this is the same as #4411622. I haven't found a match and have no clue what family it might belong to. I'll keep on it. Have either of you (Alison and Roger) thought about putting it up on iNaturalist?

AlisonMilton wrote:

27 Jul 2023

Thanks Kim,
I don't do iNaturalist.

HelenCross wrote:

27 Jul 2023

We lose our data to servers overseas by putting it on iNaturalist

Mike wrote:

28 Jul 2023

The data also goes to Atlas of Living Australia.

KimberiRP wrote:

18 Aug 2023

This has been identified by Keith Bayless (Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO) as family Chloropidae, 'probably genus Merochlorops'.

Roger wrote:

19 Aug 2023

Thanks, always good to have a positve ID

HelenCross wrote:

19 Aug 2023

Great work Kim and Keith!

kasiaaus wrote:

14 Jan 2024

I think I have another sighting of the same fly at 4543660. I searched on iNat and ALA and could not find anything similar. Thanks for Identifying this one Kim and Keith.

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