Docidomyia puellaris – the only species listed for Tasmania.
Late December 2009
Buckland
Male
Late December 2013
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
Male
Late December 2016
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
Females
Late December 2018
Buckland
These (apparent) females where flying low, and rapidly, around open track – to the naked eyes while on the wing were similar in look and deportment to small crabronid wasps. They would briefly stop and appear to oviposit in the soil (?). Body length around 7mm.
Park Beach, Carleton
Late December 2019
On Livingstone Daisy.
Early January 2022
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
Numerous individuals were found resting on particular clumps of grass.
