Species Thraxan nodus Yeates & Lambkin, 1998

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• Thraxan nodus 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 [1051].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K257328 ♂, QLD, Mt White, Coen [13°58'S 143°11'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: parasitic.

Diagnosis

Similar to T. simulatus except in the following respects. Tergites 2 and 3 with black hairs and tomentum except posterior margin of tergite 2 with transverse band of white scales and median quarter of posterior margin of tergite 3 with tuft of white scales. Male genitalia with apex of epiphallus (Figs 38, 56) dorsally a distinctive, broad, subquadrate plate, lateral projections long, thin, blunt and projecting laterally; medial projection truncate, basal margin slightly concave; lateral corners of apical margin forming dorsally projecting, incurving flanges. Apex of epiphallus laterally with medial and lateral projections large and recurved, strongly projecting dorsally. Ventral hook a large folded flange, extending laterally. Neck spine absent.

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