Species Epinettyra setosa Permkam & Hancock, 1995

Epinettyra setosa Holotype

© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo K. Koch

Epinettyra setosa Holotype label

© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo K. Koch

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• Epinettyra setosa Permkam, S. & Hancock, D.L. 1995. Australian Trypetinae (Diptera: Tephritidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 9: 1047-1209 [1189].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T12212 ♂ (9.iv.1961, A.W.S. May, ex lure traps in citrus), QLD: Atherton.

Introduction

When described Epinettyra setosa was tentatively placed within the tribe Trypetinae in the subfamily Trypetinae (Permkam & Hancock, 1995). Han (1999) suggested that the genus Epinettyra appeared closer to the tribe Acanthonevrini in the subfamily Phytalmiinae than to the tribe Trypetinae. Hancock (2011) after a re-examination of characters transferred Epinettyra setosa to the tribe Phascini in the subfamily Phytalmiinae. Epinettyra setosa is the only Australian representative of the otherwise New Guinea tribe, the Phascini.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Han, H.-Y. 1999. Phylogeny and behavior of flies in the tribe Trypetini (Trypetinae). pp. 253-297 in Aluja, M.A. & Norrbom, A.L. (eds). Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behaviour. Boca Raton, Florida, USA : CRC Press 944 pp. [(Often referenced as 1999)]

Hancock, D.L. 2011. Epinettyra setosa Permkam & Hancock, an Australian representative of the tribe Phascini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae). Australian Entomologist 34(4): 197-200

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