Species Neodialineura saxatilis (White, 1916)

 Neodialineura saxatilis Male

© Copyright Shaun Winterton via Morphbank

 Neodialineura saxatilis Male

© Copyright Shaun Winterton via Morphbank

 Neodialineura saxatilis Female

© Copyright Shaun Winterton via Morphbank

 Neodialineura saxatilis Female

© Copyright Shaun Winterton via Morphbank

Museums

Regional Maps

• Psilocephala saxatilis White, A. 1916. The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania. Part II. Families Tabanidae and Therevidae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1915: 2-60 [52].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH MEI241960 adult ♀ (26.i.1912, A. White), TAS: Mangalore [42.648°, 147.234°E]
  Comment: Metz et al. (2003) referred to the male syntype as a holotype instead of designating it as a lectotype. Moreover the specimen referred to is actually the female syntype (BMNH(E) 241960), which corresponds to the label data originally cited by White (1915); the male syntype could not be located (Winterton, 2009).

  Type locality references:

  Winterton, S.L. 2009. Revision of the stiletto fly genus Neodialineura Mann (Diptera: Therevidae): an empirical example of cybertaxonomy. Zootaxa 2157: 1-33 [19].

Generic Combinations

• Neodialineura saxatilis (White, 1916). —
  Metz, M.A., Webb D.A., & Irwin M.E. 2003. A review of the genus Psilocephala Zetterstedt (Diptera: Therevidae) with the description of four new genera. Studia Dipterologica 10: 227-266 [260]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Head. Frons and occiput pubescence silver-grey with dark brown markings (female) or blue-grey with brown markings (male); frons profile flat, wholly pubescent; male frontal vestiture with extensive covering of elongate (often dense) setae; female frontal vestiture with short to moderate length setae; male frons width at narrowest point narrower than anterior ocellus but not contiguous; male postocular setae as two or more rows immediately laterad of ocellar tubercle; postocular setae black; parafacia without setae; antennal scape longer than flagellum, bulbous; scape vestiture densely covered with large, dark setae; flagellum brownish orange, darker distally. Thorax. Scutum pubescence grey or tan with tessellate brown pattern; pleuron with silver-grey pubescence; katatergite with admixed pale and dark setae or setae uniform dark; coxae pale, overlain with silver-grey pubescence, coxal setae mostly dark; femora dark yellow with apicies brown or dark yellow with brown dorso-medially; femora vestiture relatively elongate, dark setae admixed with shorter setae; tibia and tarsi dark yellow with apicies brown; wing mottled infuscate, darker along costal margin; haltere stem pale, knob mostly brown. Scutal chaetotaxy (pairs): notopleural 3–4, supra alar 1, post alar 1, dorsocentral 1–4, scutellar 1–4. Abdomen. Male abdomen base colour dark brown dorsally, yellow laterally, silver velutum on abdominal tergites 2–7; male abdomen vestiture mostly elongate pale setae laterally; female abdominal markings with tergites dark brown dorsally, intersegmental membrane distinctly pale coloured, well defined.

Diagnosis References

Winterton, S.L. 2009. Revision of the stiletto fly genus Neodialineura Mann (Diptera: Therevidae): an empirical example of cybertaxonomy. Zootaxa 2157: 1-33 [20]

History of changes