Species Thraxan norrisi Yeates & Lambkin, 1998

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• Thraxan norrisi 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 [1052].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 19761 ♂, WA, Beckenham.
  Paratype(s) WADA 19747, 19762, 19760 1♂ 2♀, WA, Beckenham; WADA 19743, 19745, 197744 3♂, WA, Pipehead Dam via Jarrahdale.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

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 margins of both tergites with transverse band of light brown scales. Tergite 4 with black hairs and scales. Tergites 5–7 with black hairs and tomentum on median fifth, lateral margins with light brown hairs and tomentum. Male genitalia with apex of epiphallus (Figs 177, 178) dorsally with lateral projections absent; plate terminating in medial projection. Apex of epiphallus laterally with blunt medial projection. Neck spine absent.

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