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Metalic Green Tomato Fly - Lamprolonchaea brouniana ? <a href="https://www.ellura.info/Insect/Fly/DSC07280E-Metalic-Green-Tomato-Fly-Lamprolonchaea-brouniana.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.ellura.info/Insect/Fly/DSC07280E-Metalic-Green-Tomato-Fly-Lamprolonchaea-brouniana.html</a><br />
3.5mm long. The paper describing them says "possesses a distinctive pitted frons, which assists in distinguishing this species".Males & females can be separated by the distance between the eyes. While in other fly species the male eyes often touch at the top, with these they are just closer together making it more difficult to distinguish.<br />
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Metalic Green Tomato Fly - Lamprolonchaea brouniana ?

https://www.ellura.info/Insect/Fly/DSC07280E-Metalic-Green-Tomato-Fly-Lamprolonchaea-brouniana.html
3.5mm long. The paper describing them says "possesses a distinctive pitted frons, which assists in distinguishing this species".Males & females can be separated by the distance between the eyes. While in other fly species the male eyes often touch at the top, with these they are just closer together making it more difficult to distinguish.

Couldn't remove my reflection - lol

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The Lamprolonchaea brouniana

Lamprolonchaea brouniana is a lance fly in the Lamprolonchaea genus.

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Similar species: True Flies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Calbost Niel

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Uploaded Dec 19, 2021. Captured Dec 19, 2021 10:22 in 200W-201W Great Western Hwy, Hazelbrook NSW 2779, Australia.

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NIKON D850
f/13.0
1/125s
ISO800
105mm

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