Genus Muwarna Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Muwarna 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 [807].
Type species:
Anthrax stellifer Walker, 1849 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 [807].
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
Vic, WA: Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD)
Diagnosis
Wing infuscation black with apical margin smoothly delineated, without extensions, anal and cup cells completely infuscated, medial hyaline band reduced. No white scale band on T3. Male epandrium with basolateral flange longer and wider than half the length of the epandrial base, curving apically. Gonocoxae with large, projecting ventral flange. EP with small, projecting, rounded, lateral lobes; EJA racquet-shaped, very large. Female with short SP; basal endplate with dense circlet of tapering thick processes apically; short tube asymmetrically between SP and BB; clear, striated ring surrounds junction of round, clear, thick-walled BB and round, pigmented, thick-walled SR; SR tapering apically.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2010 | ADDED |