Species Docidomyia puellaris White, 1916

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• Docidomyia puellaris White, A. 1916. The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania. Part III. Families Asilidae, Bombyliidae, Empididae, Dolichopodidae and Phoridae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1916: 148-266 [Date published 30 November 1916] [204].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH BM 1917-104 ♀ (19.i.1914, A. White), TAS: Bagdad; BMNH BM 1917-104 ♀ (7.xi.1914, A. White), TAS: Bagdad.

  Type locality references:

  Yeates, D.K. 1996. Revision of the genus Docidomyia White (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 407-431 [Date published 6 May] [426].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Frons with black hairs medianly and silver pruinescence on lateral margins. Flagellum onion-shaped. Hairs on face black. Proboscis about 0.3 x length of fore tibia. Wings narrow; without i-r cross-vein and spur on R4, cells cup and a1 very narrow; halter knob dark brown. Integumental colour of legs dark brown-black. Integumental colour of abdomen black
with narrow, apical yellow bands on tergitels 2; 2 and 3; or 2, 3 and 4. Body length 4-7 mm. Male genitalia: epandrium with posterior, lateral arms as long as anterior section; gonostyli large, with apex acute and directed anterodorsally; phallus elongate, basal portion directed dorsally. Female genitalia similar to that of D. genualia except 6 spines on each acanthophorite rather than 5.

Diagnosis References

Yeates, D.K. 1996. Revision of the genus Docidomyia White (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 407-431 [Date published 6 May] [427]

History of changes