Species Thevenetimyia nigrapicalis (Roberts, 1929)
- Eclimus nigrapicalis Roberts, F.H.S. 1929. A revision of the Australian Bombyliidae (Diptera). III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 553-583 [Date published 16 December] [576].
Type data:
Holotype QM T3525 (29.xii.1927, F.H. Roberts), QLD: Goondiwindi.
Paratype(s) QM T6499 (29.xii.1927, F.H. Roberts), QLD: Goondiwindi
Comment: data taken from type specimens held at Qld Museum.
Generic Combinations
- Thevenetimyia nigrapicalis (Roberts, 1929).
Introduction
Diagnosis and description revised by Li et al. (2018), and new records added.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Data taken from type specimens held at Qld Museum
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Gulf Plains (GUP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: parasitic (host(s): beetles ('Based on these records, the genus is a parasite of beetle larvae feeding on dead or decaying wood in both Australia and the USA' (Li et al. 2018))).
General References
Li, X., Rodrigues, P.F.M., Lamas, C.J.E. & Yeates, D.K. 2018. A review of the Australian species of Thevenetimyia Bigot, 1875 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Eclimini), with description of four new species and the pupal case of T. longipalpis (Hardy). Records of the Australian Museum 70(3): 331–375 [358]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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28-Jun-2018 | Bombyliinae | 21-Jun-2018 | MODIFIED | |
26-Aug-2010 | ADDED |