Genus Cyx Evenhuis, 1993
- Cyx Evenhuis, N.L. 1993. . Review and phylogenetics of the Antoniinae of Australia (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 33: 21 pp. [Date published 15 April] [7].
Type species:
Antonia rieki Paramonov, 1953 by original designation, see Evenhuis, N.L. 1993. . Review and phylogenetics of the Antoniinae of Australia (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 33: 21 pp. [Date published 15 April] [7].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Sydney Basin (SB)
Diagnosis
Cyx is distinguished from other Australasian Antoniinae by the presence of 3 submarginal cells in the wing (there are only 2 in Antoniaustralia), the dense concentration of bristles on a mesal projection of the cerci of the female (in Antoniaustralia these bristles more evenly concentrated along the mesal margin, which is without a projection), the 45° rotation of the male genitalia (not rotated in Antoniaustralia), and by the egg possessing a pedicel (see Figs. 19-20). The presence of a large, thick labellum of the proboscis, the 45° rotated male genitalia, and the 3 spermathecae in the females will serve to separate species of Cyx from Antonia. There is no apparent sexual dimorphism in thoracic or abdominal pattern in Cyx, which makes possible association of male and female specimens collected separately.
History of changes
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