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Species Microsania australis Collart, 1938

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Papua New Guinea (mainland)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
03-Feb-2011 03-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
25-Mar-2010 MODIFIED