Species Palirika mackenziei Lambkin, 2011
Palirika mackenziei Female Dorsal
© Copyright Chris Lambkin via Morphbank
Palirika mackenziei Female lateral
© Copyright Chris Lambkin via Morphbank
Palirika mackenziei Holotype labels and Genitalia vial.
© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo G. Thompson
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Species Palirika mackenziei Lambkin, 2011
- Palirika mackenziei Lambkin, C.L. in Lambkin, C.L. & Bartlett, J.S. 2011. Bush Blitz aids description of three new species and a new genus of Australian beeflies (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Exoprosopini). ZooKeys In: Smith V, Penev L (Eds), e-Infrastructures for data publishing in biodiversity science. 150: 231-280 [245].
Type data:
Holotype QMBA T152481, A007533 ♀ (13 Dec 2007, C. Lambkin, N. Starick & R. Mackenzie, 15454, sweep net, hilltopping, 220m, [dissected]), Plevna Downs, Tompilly Hill summit, QLD [26°43.7'S, 142°39.1'E].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Channel Country (CHC)
Diagnosis
Wing length 9.0 mm.
Small dark flies with heavily infuscated wings, hyaline only apically and medial spot. Face orange with shiny reddish-brown scales, frons black with shiny black scales. Collar yellow. Narrow laterothoracic stripe of whitish scales. Scutum black with dull limegreen metallic scales except pinkish metallic scales anterolaterally and posteromedially. Scutellum dark brown, darker basally with royal-blue metallic scales, purple metallic scales laterally and posteriorly. Widened base of costa with shiny reddish-brown scales, no paler scales posteriorly. Wing pattern broadly dimidiate; black with hyaline areas, apically and medially. Apical hyaline area covering extreme apex of r1, apex of first r2+3, apical half of second r2+3, all r4, and extreme apex r5. Medial hyaline area covering middle of dc extending from M1 across m-cu and into m2. Paler prediscoidal opaque area distinct. Alula and squama edged with long broad grey scales. T1 with white Ma; long white flattened scales posterolaterally. Tergites black with royal-blue metallic scales that reflect purple. Female T8 A short, plate-like support distinct.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 28-Mar-2012 | ADDED |