Species Agapophytus adonis Winterton & Irwin, 2001

Agapophytus adonis Holotype label

© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo G. Thompson

Agapophytus adonis Holotype

© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo G. Thompson

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• Agapophytus adonis Winterton, S.L. & Irwin, M.E. 2001. Phylogenetic revision of Agapophytus Guérin (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 467-526 [474].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T99121 adult ♂ (24.xi.1995, M. E. Irwin, S. D. Gaimari, MEI031022), QLD: Mt Moffatt, Carnarvon N.P. [25°08'22''S 147°50'37''E].
  Paratype(s) QM T99122-8 7 adult ♂ (26.xi.1995, M. E. Irwin, S. D. Gaimari, MEI 031346, MEI 031349, MEI 031352, MEI 031354, MEI 031540, MEI 031635, MEI 031665), QLD: Mt Moffatt, Carnarvon N.P. [25°08'22''S 147°50'37''E]; AM MEI023902–3 2 adult ♀ (Malaise trap, 27.xii.1987, M. E. Irwin), NSW: Warrumbungle N.P., Wombelong Ck; AM MEI039215–6, MEI039316, MEI039326, MEI039584, MEI047553, MEI051003 7 adult ♀ (Malaise trap, 16–17.xii.1995, M. E. Irwin), NSW: Warrumbungle N.P., Brownes Ck [31°16'24''S 148°57'38''E]; AM MEI023904–8 5 adult ♀ (Malaise trap, 14.i.1994, Irwin and Yeates), NSW: Warrumbungle N.P.,Buckleys Ck, 1.5 km NE Blackman Camp; UIMNH MEI 023898 adult ♂ (Malaise trap, 27.xii.1992, M. E. Irwin {Mike Irwin Collection}), NSW: Warrumbungle N.P., Gunnin at Wombelong Ck, 10 km W Woolshed; UIMNH MEI023899–900 2 adult ♂ (Malaise trap, 14.i.1994, Irwin and Yeates {Mike Irwin Collection}), NSW: Warrumbungle N.P., Brownes Ck, 2.5 km N Woolshed; AM MEI023901 adult ♂ (14.i.1994, Irwin and Yeates), NSW: Gumin Gumin farm, 10 km W Woolshed.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

Diagnosis

Scape slightly curved ventrally, much longer than head length, all setae short; occiput concave, single row of postocular setae; wing faintly mottled; abdomen black with orange patch posteriorly; velutum patch elongate; inner gonocoxal process acuminate; spermathecal sac rounded, outer reticulated lobes absent; female tergite 8 elongate.

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