Species Thraxan abditus Yeates & Lambkin, 1998

Thraxan abditus Holotype

© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo G. Thompson

Thraxan abditus Holotype label

© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo G. Thompson

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thraxan abditus Yeates, D.K. & Lambkin, C.L. 1998. Review of the tribe Anthracini (Diptera: Bombyliidae) in Australia: cryptic species diversity and the description of Thraxon, gen. nov. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12(6): 977-1078 [1030].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T57511 ♂ (hill-topping), QLD, Mt Cootha, Brisbane.
  Paratype(s) UQIC ♂ (hill-topping), QLD, Mt Cootha, Brisbane.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: parasitic.

Diagnosis

Similar to T. simulatus except in the following respects. Apex of epiphallus (Figs 35, 53)dorsally with lateral projections small and blunt; medial projection convex, terminating squarely; ventral hooks large, extending anterolaterally; dorsal band linear. Apex of epiphallus laterally as long as wide; medial projection large and recurved, lateral projection small, distinctly apical to neck spine; apical margin truncate. Neck spine large, sharp, sclerotised, recurved.

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