Genus Kapu Lambkin & Yeates, 2006

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• Kapu Lambkin, C.L. & Yeates, D.K. 2006. Kapu (Diptera:Bombyliidae:Anthracinae:Exoprosopini), a replacement name for the Australian genus Kapua Lambkin & Yeates. Invertebrate Systematics 20: 161 [161] [n.n. for Kapua Lambkin & Yeates].
• Kapua Lambkin, C.L. & Yeates, D.K. in Lambkin, C.L., Yeates, D.K. & Greathead, D.J. 2003. An evolutionary radiation of beeflies in semi-arid Australia: systematics of the Exoprosopini (Diptera:Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Systematics 17: 735-891 [776] [preocc. Marwick, 1931].

  Type species:

   Exoprosopa adelaidica Macquart, 1855 by original designation, see Lambkin, C.L., Yeates, D.K. & Greathead, D.J. 2003. An evolutionary radiation of beeflies in semi-arid Australia: systematics of the Exoprosopini (Diptera:Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Systematics 17: 735-891 [776].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; NSW, Qld, SA: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; WA: Coolgardie (COO), Mallee (MAL)

Diagnosis

Wing infuscation extensive, black pattern with hyaline apex, and dark medial hyaline band narrowed medially, broader and posteriorly; abdominal integument black with large red lateral areas; black scales except shiny yellow scales at least anteriorly on T2; white band on T3, pale white on T6-7; sternal scales, setae and long, white hairs on S2-3, yellow to dark reddish brown scales on S4-7. Male E with strongly grouped lateroapical setae on anterolateral flange; G ventral ridge large, distinctly projecting basally; EP with rounded lateral lobes, lateral and medial projections, medioventral process on EP above AE; AAES short; EJA short, female ring between clear BB and round pigmented SR; SR without an apical extension.

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