Species Thraxan cornuatus Yeates & Lambkin, 1998

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• Thraxan cornuatus 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 [1039].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, WA, Prince Regent River Reserve [15°37'S 125°13'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM ♀ (in cop.), WA, Prince Regent River Reserve, 15°37'S 125°13'E; GDCB ♂, NT, near Robin Falls near Adelaide River, 13°21'S 131°07'E, 150 m; UQIC ♂, NT, 9 mls [15km] S Katherine.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: parasitic.

Diagnosis

Similar to T. simulatus except in the following respects. Apex of epiphallus (Figs 24, 42) dorsally with apical margin deeply concave; lateral and medial projections distinctive, large, sclerotised, straight and blunt. Apex of epiphallus laterally with medial and lateral projections well sclerotised and recurved, medial projection large and projecting dorsally, lateral projection small, not projecting dorsally. Neck spine large, well developed, recurved.

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