Species Geron westralicus Evenhuis, 1979
- Geron westralicus Evenhuis, N.L. 1979. Studies in Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera). II. Revision of the genus Geron of Australia and the Pacific. Pacific Insects 21: 13-55 [Date published 30 August] [54].
Type data:
Holotype CAS ♂ (20.ix.1962, 400m, E.S. Ross & D.Q. Cavagnaro), WA: 30 mi [48.0 km] NE of Menzies.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Diagnosis
♂. Head: frons and oral margin black, bare; face black, black pilose below eyes to gula, bare elsewhere; vertex black, dense black pilose; occiput black, long black pilose; gula black, black pilose; antennae black; segment I with black pile 2x as long as segment I; segment II with short black pile; segment III bare; antennal ratio: 3.5:1:6. Thorax: scutum and scutellum black, long, dense yellow pilose; pleura gray-black, yellow pilose; halter stem yellow, knob dark brown. Legs: coxae gray-black, white pilose; fore and mid femora black-brown with white scales, intermixed white and brown pile ventrally; hind femur black-brown with white scales, white pilose ventrally; tibiae and tarsi brown, bare. Wing: hyaline, veins light yellow to yellow; r-m crossvein 2/3 beyond base of discal cell; vein closing apex of discal cell sigmoid; R4 parallel with R5 to wing margin; squama pale yellow with white fringe. Abdomen: tergites black, long white pilose; sternites gray-black, white pilose. Genitalia: not dissected.
♀. Unknown.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 26-Aug-2010 | ADDED |