Species Thraxan patielus Yeates & Lambkin, 1998

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• Thraxan patielus 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 [1055].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K257330 ♂ (malaise), NSW, Mt Kaputar NP, Bullawa Ck [30°14'S 150°06'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂, NSW, Mt Coree; UQIC ♂ (malaise), NSW, Mt Kaputar NP, Bullawa Ck [30°14'S 150°06'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: parasitic.

Diagnosis

Similar to T. simulatus except in the following respects. Apex of epiphallus (Figs 36, 54) dorsally with lateral projections small, rounded and blunt; medial projection terminating squarely. Apex of epiphallus laterally with lateral projection closely overlaying small and recurved medial projection; apical margin distinctive, deeply concave medially. Neck spine small, rounded lobe terminating in small sharp ventral projection.

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