Species Dilophus varipes Skuse, 1890
- Dilophus varipes Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Nematocera.—Supplement II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5(3): 595-640, Pl. XIX [635].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM K70520, K358748-51 9 ♂ adults (iii.1889), Mount Kosciusko, NSW [36° 21' 13" S 148° 30' 56" E]. - Dilophus lecticollis Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Nematocera.—Supplement II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5(3): 595-640, Pl. XIX [637].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult (not found), Waterloo, Walcha, New England, NSW
Comment: The holotype male cannot be found.Type locality references:
Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855 [853]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Diagnosis
A single set of four spines arranged in a nearly transverse row near middle of the front tibia; hind tarsi of males greatly swollen. Rostrum short, not extending beyond bases of antennae. Thorax black pilose; coxae and femora black; tibiae dark brown to black, tinged with red and broadly yellow at bases, first three tarsomeres yellow.Posterior veins in the wingfaintly coloured, tinged yellow to brownish, not concolorous with the membrane; radial vein has short setae along its full length above.
ID Keys
A key to known species of Dilophus is provided by Hardy (Hardy, D.E. 1982).
Diagnosis References
Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855
General References
Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855 [853] (correction of previously incorrect assertion of WA distribution)
Hardy, D.E. 1989. Superfamily Bibionoidea. 5. Family Bibionidae. pp. 122-124 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [123] (presence in SA)
History of changes
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