Species Dilophus tetrascolus Hardy, 1982
- Dilophus tetrascolus Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855 [850].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Black Mountain, ACT.
Paratype(s) ANIC 63♀ 74♂ adults; approximately 77 adults (AM/NMV/SAMA/BMNH/BPBM).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Diagnosis
4 spines arranged above apical set on front tibia, arranged in 2 sets, 2: 2, close together at middle of tibia; hind tarsi of male strongly swollen; rostrum short, not produced beyond bases of antennae. Pile of thorax and abdomen all yellow; legs mostly yellow in both sexes and posterior veins nearly concolorous with wing membrane.
Diagnosis References
Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Nov-2011 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |