Species Dilophus conspicuus Hardy, 1982

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dilophus conspicuus Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855 [828].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Katanning, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 28♀ 20♂ adults; BPBM 16 adults; SAMA adult; AM adult ♂.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Very wide distribution.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

Diagnosis

Rostrum short, hind tarsi of males slightly swollen and wings hyaline with venation complete. Differs from all known species by the arrangement of the spines on front tibiae; these large, blunt and conspicuous; dorsomedian set arranged 2: 1, 2 at basal third of segment and one at middle.

 

Diagnosis References

Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Nov-2011		01-Oct-2015	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)