Species Ligyra tenebrosa Paramonov, 1967

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• Ligyra tenebrosa Paramonov, S.J. 1967. A review of the Australian species of Ligyra Newman (Hyperalonia olim) (Bombyliidae: Diptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 123-144 [Date published February] [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (9.x.1950, E.F. Riek), QLD: 50 miles SW of Ayr.

  Type locality references:

  Paramonov, S.J. 1967. A review of the Australian species of Ligyra Newman (Hyperalonia olim) (Bombyliidae: Diptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 123-144 [Date published February] [133].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

From the L. bombyliformis group, differing from bombyliformis in the following characters: (1) underside of thorax with dark hairs only; (2) 5 submarginal cells; (3) first posterior cell rather widely open; (4) entire surface of wing distinctly smoky, and anterior basal area slightly more intensely so; colour of axillary, anal and both basal cells very uniform; (5) the dark spots at the crossing points of veins poorly developed; about 8 spots altogether; (6) upperside of abdomen uniformly covered with yellowish scales, which at apex are not white but slightly paler yellowish; (7) underside as in bombyliformis, but the dark colour is better pronounced at the sides; (8) vein r-m at middle of discal cell. The female is similar to the male, except for a much broader vertex.

Diagnosis References

Paramonov, S.J. 1967. A review of the Australian species of Ligyra Newman (Hyperalonia olim) (Bombyliidae: Diptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 123-144 [Date published February] [132-3]

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