Diptera: Lauxaniidae

Cephaloconus tenebrosus  

Lauxaniid Fly (Cephaloconus tenebrosus) (Cephaloconus tenebrosus)
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© Geoff Walker 2016
The Gap, QLD (Apr, 2016)

This Lauxaniid Fly is is the strangest fly I have seen. It looks like it has a beak rather than the normal fly appearance.

Lauxaniid Fly (Cephaloconus tenebrosus) (Cephaloconus tenebrosus)

Lauxaniid Fly
(Cephaloconus tenebrosus)

Lauxaniid Fly (Cephaloconus tenebrosus) (Cephaloconus tenebrosus)

Lauxaniid Fly
(Cephaloconus tenebrosus)

Lauxaniid Fly (Cephaloconus tenebrosus) (Cephaloconus tenebrosus)

Lauxaniid Fly
(Cephaloconus tenebrosus)

Lauxaniid Fly (Cephaloconus tenebrosus) (Cephaloconus tenebrosus)

Lauxaniid Fly
(Cephaloconus tenebrosus)