Species Agapophytus galbicaudus Winterton & Irwin, 2001

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• Agapophytus galbicaudus Winterton, S.L. & Irwin, M.E. 2001. Phylogenetic revision of Agapophytus Guérin (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 467-526 [498].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC MEI023383 adult ♂ (27.i.1955, Paramonov), ACT: Paddy’s River.
  Paratype(s) ANIC MEI023382, MEI023385–6 adult ♂, 2 adult ♀ (27.i.1955, Paramonov), ACT: Paddy’s River; ANIC MEI023384 adult ♂ (600m, M. E. Irwin), ACT: Black Mtn [35°16'S, 149°06'E]; UIMNH MEI 023379 adult ♂ (14.i.1994, Irwin & Yeates, Malaise trap {Mike Irwin Collection}), NSW: Warrumbungle N.P., Buckleys Ck, 1.5 km N Blackman Camp; ANIC MEI0109590 adult ♀ (6.ii.1982, M. G. Jefferies), NSW: South Murramarang; UCDC MEI030682 ♂ (4.iii.1978, D. Katz), NSW: Danger’s Falls Picnic area, Armidale.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Diagnosis

Scape much longer than head; male upper frons, slightly wider than ocellar tubercle; postocular setae pale; tibia and
tarsi bright yellow-orange; wing dark infuscate with yellow spot/band across vein fork R4+5; abdominal tergites 5–8 and
terminalia orange; spermathecal sac elongate, outer reticulated lobes present.

History of changes