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Genus Taenogera Kröber, 1912

Introduction

There are now five species in the genus Taenogera since the description of two new species from female specimens collected in Queensland (Winterton, 2007b). These finely built therevids are often patterned with brilliantly contrasting gold, silver or white pubescence on the head, thorax or abdomen.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, Qld, Tas: Sydney Basin (SB) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Male frons width almost equal to female, fine pale setae present dorsally; multiple rows of postocular setae in male and female, occiput with silver, white or gold pubescence; abdomen often with triangular patches of silver velutum laterally on tergites 2–4; wing cell m3 open; fore and hind femora without elongate velutum patches; wing largely hyaline or smoky infuscate, sometimes darkened along anterior margin; distiphallus broad, parallel sided, dorsal apodeme of parameral sheath broadly ‘T’-shaped; velutum patches absent on gonocoxites (Winterton, S. L. 2007b).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
27-Feb-2014 THEREVIDAE 16-Jun-2014 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
29-Jul-2013 28-Aug-2013 MODIFIED
10-May-2012 10-May-2012 MODIFIED
24-Mar-2010 MODIFIED