Species Anabarhynchus decipiens Lyneborg, 2001

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• Anabarhynchus decipiens Lyneborg, L. 2001. The Australian Stiletto-flies of the Anabarhynchus Genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae). Leiden : Entomonograph, E.J.Brill Vol. 13 256 pp. [95].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K359397 adult ♂ (18.xii.1959, G.H. Hardy.), Katoomba, NSW [33.715°S, 150.317°E].
  Paratype(s) AM adult ♀ (Feb 1950), NSW: Katoomba [33.715°S, 150.317°S]; AM MEI127342, MEI127346 2 adult ♀ (Mar 1921), NSW: Sydney, Health Department [33.865°S, 151.208°E]; UIMNH MEI126521 adult ♀ (480m, 30.xii.1992, malaise, 6m gray, M.E. Irwin {in Mike Irwin collection}), NSW: Warrumbungle National Park, 1.7 km N Camp Blackman, Buckleys Creek [31.25°S, 149.002°E]; ANIC adult ♀ (26.xii.1949), ACT: [Canberra], Ainslie; ANIC MEI127345 adult ♂ (18.ii.1955, light trap, I.F.B. Common), ACT: Black Mountain [35.267°S, 149.1°E]; ANIC MEI127344 adult ♀ (Jan-Feb 1937, hand netted, D.F. Waterhouse.), VIC: Mooroopna [36.382°S, 145.35°E].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Diagnosis

The presence of a comb of about 25 anterodorsal macrosetae to hind tibia and absence of pd's on the same tibia separates this species from all other Australian species of Anabarhynchus except A. hyalipennis. A. decipiens is at once recognized by its narrow, entirely tomentose frons in both sexes, and the presence of a sparse pile on posterior surface of middle coxa. The male terminalia are very distinctive.

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