Species Anabarhynchus planifrons Lyneborg, 2001

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• Anabarhynchus planifrons Lyneborg, L. 2001. The Australian Stiletto-flies of the Anabarhynchus Genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae). Leiden : Entomonograph, E.J.Brill Vol. 13 256 pp. [124].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC MEI130277 adult ♂ (31.xii.1991, hand netted, D.W. Webb), TAS: Nine Mile Beach, 5 km NE Swansea [42.167°S, 148.083°E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC MEI129201 adult ♂ (21.ix.1963, hand netted, D.E. Havenstein), QLD: Noosa Heads [26.383°S, 153.083°E]; ANIC MEI129190 adult ♂ (26.xii.1964, hand netted, I.F.B. Common), QLD: Yeppoon [23.117°S, 150.733°E]; ANIC MEI129199 adult ♀ (12.iv.1966, hand netted, M.S. Upton), NSW: Broulee, 11.3 km NE Moruya [35.761°S, 150.239°E]; ANIC adult ♀ (2.xii.1973), NSW: Broulee; ANIC MEI129192 adult ♀ (10.ii.1974, hand netted, Z. Liepa.), NSW: Ulladulla [35.35°S, 150.48°E]; ANIC MEI126628 adult ♂ (30.xi.1972, flight trap, G.B. Fairchild), NSW: Narooma [36.25°S, 150.083°E]; FSCA MEI129188, MEI129198 1 adult ♂, 1 adult ♀ (25.xi.1930, hand netted, A.L. Tonnoir), NSW: Narooma [36.25°S, 150.083°E]; UIMNH MEI126615 adult ♀ (20.x.1983, hand netted, M.E. Irwin {in Mike Irwin collection}), NSW: Yuraygir National Park; ZMUC MEI126613 adult ♀ (18.xii.1962, hand netted, E.S. Ross, D.Q. Cavagnaro), NSW: 4.8 km N Kioloa [35.504°S, 150.383°E]; GDCB MEI129694 adult ♂ (28.i.1993, hand netted, G.Williams), NSW: Harrington [31.85°S, 152.683°E]; AM 2 adult ♂, 2 adult ♀ (10.xi.1956, 30.x.1966, 15.ii.1953 & 6.x.1954), NSW: Bronte, nr Sydney; AM adult ♀ (15.i.1971), NSW: North Beach, Bellington River [28°31'S, 153°33'E]; AM adult ♂ (tidal mudflats, 16.ii.1986), NSW: Bermagui, Cuttagee Lake [36°29'S, 150°02'E]; AM 1 adult ♂, 1 adult ♀ (28.xii.1978), NSW: Yamba [29°26'S, 153°22'E]; AM adult ♂ (x.1931), NSW: Sydney; AM adult: ♂ (25.xii.1928), VIC: Frankston, Melbourne; UIMNH MEI126614, MEI126616 2 adult ♀ (9.xi.1983, hand netted, M.E. Irwin {in Mike Irwin collection}), VIC: Lakes Entrance [37.917°S , 148°E]; GDCB MEI129698 adult ♂ (11.ii.1988, G.& A. Daniels), TAS: Chain of Lagoons, 17 km SW St Marys [41.65°S, 148.283°E]; GDCB MEI129657, MEI129693 2 adult ♀ (4.ii.1988, G.& A. Daniels), TAS: Badger Beach, Asbestos Range National Park [41.15°S, 146.617°E]; GDCB MEI129697 adult ♀ (15.i.1992, hand netted, G.& A. Daniels), TAS: Asbestos Range National Park, sand dunes behind Bakers Beach [41.15°S, 146.583°E]; UIMNH MEI126368, MEI126612, MEI126617-8 2 adult ♂, 2 adult ♀ (31.xii.1991-4.i.1992, malaise trap, M.E. Irwin, D.W. Webb {in Mike Irwin collection & some specimens in ZMUC}), TAS: 5 km NE Swansea, Nine Mile Beach [42.167°S, 148.083°E]; QM adult ♂ (25.i.1918), TAS: Hobart; QM MEI129196 adult ♂ (G.H. Hardy), TAS: Maria Island.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Diagnosis

Medium-sized and very characteristic species, the two sexes being very similar in external characters, and with distinctive genitalia in both sexes. A very broad frons, presence of pile between eyes and antennal sockets, a markedly designed mesonotum, combined with a bare prosternum and densely pilose sternopleuron, are distinctive characters.

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