Appearance
It measures over 1 inch in length, and is broad in proportion; its general colour is black, clothed with little tufts of white downy hairs fringing the thorax in front of the wings, and forming a band round the outer edge, with similar spots down the centre of the abdominal segments; the undersurface is variegated with longer white and black hairs, and the wings are clouded with black.
Naming
This species was originally described as Pangonia guttata by Donovan (1805) in his "Insects of New Holland"Behavior
This large handsome fly is common in the coastal forests, usually found resting on tree trunks in the heat of the day.References:
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Froggatt, Walter Wilson (1907) Australian insects.