Species Neosardus cosmus Yeates, 1996

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• Neosardus cosmus Yeates, D.K. 1996. Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Neosardus Roberts (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 47-75 [Date published 1 March] [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 94/1701 ♂ (12.ix.1982, B. Hanich & T.F. Houston 454-2, on flowers of Hakea minyma), WA: 21 km ENE of Cosmo Newbery Mission [27°55'S, 123°05'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 94/1697-1700 1♂, 3♀ (12.ix.1982, B. Hanich & T.F. Houston 454-1/2, on flowers of ), WA: 21 km ENE of Cosmo Newbery Mission [27°55'S, 123°05'E]; WAM 94/1695 ♀ (7.viii.1983, T. F. Houston & R.P. McMillan, on flowers of Thryptomene maisonneuvei), WA: 8 km E of Mt Nossiter [25°25'S, 123°47'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD)

Diagnosis

Integumental colour of head yellow, dorsal parts of postcranium dark brown-black, antennae black in male, black except basal 2/3 of scape yellow in female. Scutum and scutellum black except apex of scutellum dark brown in female. Abdominal tergites black except posterior borders of tergites 4-7 yellow. Reflective scales on scutum, scutellum and abdomen green. Wings hyaline in male, very pale yellow infuscation on basal 1/3 in female. Haltere knob yellow. Body length 44-6.1 mm.

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