Species Thraxan prolatus Yeates & Lambkin, 1998

Thraxan prolatus Holotype

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

Thraxan prolatus Holotype label

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

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thraxan prolatus 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 [1057].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T57513 ♂, QLD, Townsville, Mt Stuart.
  Paratype(s) UQIC ♂, QLD, Noosa; UQIC ♂ (hill-topping), QLD, Mt Tinbeerwah near Cooroy, 26°24'S 152°58'E; UQIC ♂ (hill-topping), QLD, Mt Cootha, Brisbane; GDCB ♂ ♀ (in cop.), NSW, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase Natl Park.

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. Wing membrane in female more extensively infuscated than in male (Figs 19, 20), infuscation basally almost reaching posterior margin of wing, gradually fading into apical hyaline areas. Apex of epiphallus (Figs 33, 51) dorsally with lateral projections sharp and recurved; plate tapering to blunt, convex, medial projection; ventral hooks large, extending anterolaterally. Apex of epiphallus laterally longer than wide; medial and lateral projections large, sclerotised and recurved; apical margin truncate. Neck spine present. Spermathecal bulb elongate pear shaped, attached to pump by long, narrow neck.

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