Species Anabarhynchus varipes (Macquart, 1847)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thereva varipes Macquart, J. 1847. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. [2.e supplément]. Paris : Roret pp. 5–104, pls 1–6. [Published before 11 September] [49].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult ♂ (not ♀ as stated in description), TAS.

  Type locality references:

  Lyneborg, L. 2001. The Australian Stiletto-flies of the Anabarhynchus Genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae). Leiden : Entomonograph, E.J.Brill Vol. 13 256 pp. [137].
• Thereva conformis Walker, F. 1848. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. London : British Museum pp. 1-229. [225].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult ♂, AUST: "Nov. Holl.".

  Type locality references:

  Lyneborg, L. 2001. The Australian Stiletto-flies of the Anabarhynchus Genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae). Leiden : Entomonograph, E.J.Brill Vol. 13 256 pp. [137].
• Thereva apicalis Walker, F. 1852. Diptera (Part III). pp. 157-252 in Saunders, W.W. (ed.). Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1 474 pp. [162].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult ♀ (no information or provenance in description or on any label).

  Type locality references:

  Lyneborg, L. 2001. The Australian Stiletto-flies of the Anabarhynchus Genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae). Leiden : Entomonograph, E.J.Brill Vol. 13 256 pp. [137].

Generic Combinations

• Anabarhynchus varipes (Macquart, 1847). —
  Lyneborg, L. 2001. The Australian Stiletto-flies of the Anabarhynchus Genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae). Leiden : Entomonograph, E.J.Brill Vol. 13 256 pp. [137]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Warren (WAR)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Medium-sized species. Costal setae arranged in 3-4 irregular rows for a long distance. Prosternal furrow with pile. Sternopleuron without pile. The striped femora, blackish on dorsal surface and yellow on ventral surface, are characteristic.

Diagnosis References

Lyneborg, L. 2001. The Australian Stiletto-flies of the Anabarhynchus Genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae). Leiden : Entomonograph, E.J.Brill Vol. 13 256 pp. [137]

History of changes