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- This page contains pictures and information about Lauxaniid
Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- The Lauxaniid
Flies has two pair of fronto-orbital bristles. They are usually small to medium
size, with clean or marked wings. They like to rest in shaded forest or
vegetation.
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- Their larvae are usually found on fallen leaves or other rotting plant
materials.
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- Treehopper Mimicking Fly

- Cephaloconus tenebrosus, body length 8mm
- Pictures were taken at Macgregor bushland during mid summer. This fly looks
like a Treehopper.
It is hard to understand what is the advantage of mimicking
a Treehopper. We thought of a reason and explained in this page.
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- Black Lauxaniid Fly

- Depressa sp., body length 8mm
- Reference:
- 1. Flies
- family Lauxaniidae - lifeunseen.com,
by Nick Monaghan
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- Orange Fly with patterned wings

- Homoneura sp., body length 8mm
- Reference:
- 1. Lauxaniidae
- Save Our Waterways Now, by Robert Whyte, 2007.
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- Black Lauxaniid Fly

- Homoneura sp., body length 8mm
- Reference:
- 1. Lauxaniidae
- Save Our Waterways Now, by Robert Whyte, 2007.
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- Unknown Lauxaniid Fly

- ? sp., body length 8mm
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p770.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p371.
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