Following the last Australian Helina key (Malloch 1925), the flies below key out to Helina subpubescens (as H. antarctica syn.), however they differ from the original descriptions principally on the hairy eyes. Otherwise, the important characters for this species includes: black body with lighter pruinescence, being whitish-grey to yellowish-grey; tawny legs, excepting the darker tarsi; antennal aristae plumose; haltere knobs are yellowish; wings without cloudy areas over the crossveins; thorax with 4 pairs of postsutural dorsocentral bristles and no well developed presutural acrostichal bristles. Bodylength around 8mm.
Female
Late January 2012
South Bruny Island
Photos KE
Male
Early November 2014
Port Huon
Photos AD
Males
Late January 2016
Kaoota
Last fly has a red mite attached.
Photos AD
Early January 2024
Edgar Dam
Photos KE
Late December 2025
Mount Field National Park (entrance)
Photos KE
