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Diptera.info :: Australian insect?
Posted by
Graeme Cocks
on 13-01-2017 03:24
#1
Can anyone suggest an Order or family for this insect? Size about 1.5mm. Light trap, Townsville, Queensland.
Posted by
Armen Seropian
on 13-01-2017 07:42
#2
Perhaps a male
Strepsiptera
?
Posted by
Graeme Cocks
on 13-01-2017 08:29
#3
Thanks Armen. Didn't consider that.
Posted by
Tony Irwin
on 13-01-2017 10:08
#4
This is Psylloidea (Hemiptera). A photo of this bug appears on the cover of Volume 1 of Psylloidea of Taiwan. (Sorry, I don't know which genus it is!)
Posted by
Graeme Cocks
on 13-01-2017 20:45
#5
Thanks Tony