Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Muscomorpha
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Calyptratae
Superfamily: Muscoidea
Family: Muscidae
This small house fly is a very distinctive species, with a golden face, and tachinid like antennae (especially in the male). It is quite common in Auckland, even in urban areas. Nobody can put a name on it. It may be an overlooked native species, as muscid experts overseas do not recognise it.
The wing veins.
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