Species Taenogerella platina Winterton & Irwin, 1999

Museums

Regional Maps

• Taenogerella platina Winterton S.L. & Irwin, M.E. in Winterton S.L., Irwin, M.E. & Yeates, D.K. 1999. Phylogenetic revision of the Taenogera Kröber genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae), with descriptions of two new genera. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 274-290.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K167279 adult ♂ (12.ix.1992, 320 m, G. Daniels, MV lamp), Isla Gorge National Park, QLD [25°11´S, 149°58´E].
  Paratype(s) GDCB MEI028068, MEI28070, MEI028088 2 adult ♂, 1 adult ♀ (27.ix.1986, G. and A. Daniels, MV lamp), QLD: Lake Broadwater nr Dalby, site A [27°21´S, 151°06´E]; UQIC MEI028091 adult ♀ (1–2.xii.1981, G.D. Daniels, M.A. Schneider), QLD: Girraween National Park; UQIC MEI028057, MEI028087 1 adult ♂, 1 adult ♀ (27.ix.1986, D.K. Yeates), QLD: The Toombs, Mt Moffatt Section, Carnarvon National Park; QM MEI 028071, MEI028076, MEI028077 1 adult ♂, 2 adult ♀ (2.xi.1934, A.G. Turner), QLD:Goondiwindi; GDCB MEI033692–98, MEI033700–13 11 adult ♂, 8 adult ♀ (various dates 11.ix-4.x.1992, 320 m, G. Daniels, MV lamp [one pair in copula]), QLD: Isla Gorge National Park [25°11´S, 149°58´E]; QM T99221 adult ♀ (21.ix.1986, Monteith, Yeates, Thompson, MEI033875), QLD: Mt Moffatt Section, Carnarvon National Park, Chimneys/Cathedral Rock.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Scutum with median stripe of velutum; scutellum with one pair of bristles; two pairs of dorsocentral bristles;
abdomen black; spermathecal sac trilobate; abdominal velutum as band on posterior margin of segments 1–5; costal margin of wing hyaline.

General References

Winterton, S.L. & Lambkin, C.L. 2024. Review of the stiletto flies of the Taenogera genus group (Therevidae: Agapophytinae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy 69: 1-62 [51, Figs 1B; 14G; 27B; 28I–J; 39–40; 45]

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