Species Neosardus eremae Yeates, 1996

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• Neosardus eremae Yeates, D.K. 1996. Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Neosardus Roberts (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 47-75 [Date published 1 March] [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (3.x.1978, D.H. Colless), NT: 56 km SE of Alice Springs.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 3♀ (4.x.1978, D.H. Colless), NT: 56 km SE of Alice Springs; ANIC ♀ (4.x.1978, D.H. Colless), NT: 41 km SE of Alice Springs; ANIC ♀ (23.ix.1978, J.C. Cardale), NT: 32 km SE of Alice Springs [23°59'S, 133°56'E]; ANIC 2♂, 2♀ (24.ix.1978, J.C. Cardale), NT: 56 km SE of Alice Springs [24°111S, 134°011E]; WAM 94/1702 ♂ (18-20.ix.1982, B. Hanich & T.F. Houston, 471-1, on flowers of Dicrastylis exsuccosa), WA: 36 km NNE of Neale Junction [28°03'S, 126°02'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

Diagnosis

Integumental colour of head yellow, scutum black; postpronotal lobes, scutellum and legs yellow. Scape yellow in females, black in males. Pleurae yellow except ventral half of katepisternum, and ventral meropleurite brown-black. Abdomen integumental colour black except narrow lateral margins yellow. Hairs on frons yellow. Reflective scales on scutum, scutellum and abdomen green. Wings with yellow infuscation on basal 2/3, turning brownish distally. Wing marking poorly differentiated from hyaline apical 1/3. Haltere knob yellow. Body length 7.0-8.6 mm.

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