Species Microsania australis Collart, 1938
- Microsania australis Collart, A. 1938. Description d'un Microsania nouveau d'Australie (Diptera: Platypezidae). Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle du Belgique 14(16): 1-4 [Date published April] [2-4].
Type data:
Holotype RIB ♂ (-.xii.1937, M.A.L. Tonnoir, Collection dates probably 2,23.xi.1937, as per other type material), NSW, Macquarie Pass.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extra-limital distribution: Papua New Guinea (mainland)
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Vic, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Distribution References
- Chandler, P.J. 1994. The Oriental and Australasian species of Platypezidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 351-434 [Date published 28 June] [361]
Biology
Bickel (1996) observed swarming of this species at smoke from smouldering logs after a Sydney bushfire. It appears that the flies use smoke plumes as an aggregating scent and once established the swarm of insects tends to stay within the boundaries of the plume.
History of changes
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| 25-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |