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TACHINIDAE OF AUSTRALIA 99 
Upper occiput without black setulae behind the postocular row. Hind tibia 
without a pd preapical seta. Eyes densely long-haired. Femora black-brown 
[PALIA Curran, tribe Sturmiini] 
Parafacials finely and inconspicuously haired (especially on middle part of their 
height). Hind tibia with a pd preapical seta in addition to the normal d and 
ad preapicals. Antennae unicolorous bright orange. Legs reddish yellow 
(except for the tarsi). Abdomen rather uniformly covered with golden pollinosity 
in g and ashy grey pollinosity in 9. Lateral scutellar setae absent 
CHLOROGASTROPSIS Townsend 
Parafacials bare or with sparse stiff hairs on upper parts. Hind tibia without pd 
preapical seta in addition to the d and ad preapicals. Lateral scutellar setae 
present or absent. Antennae not unicolorous orange, at least the third segment 
extensively brown. Legs largely blackish brown, the femora as well as the tarsi 
at least partly dark (except in Aprotheca). Abdomen not so (but extensively 
yellowish pollinose in A protheca 3) : 12 
Scutellum without lateral setae. Apical scutellar setae well developed and crossed 
(one of the pair absent in occasional ee Intermediate abdominal tergites 
without discal setae . - - c : : : 2 13 
Scutellum with a pair of long lateral setae. Apical scutellar setae absent or minute, 
fine and divergent (? Apvotheca). Intermediate abdominal tergites with or 
without discal setae. , - : - - - 14 
Upper half of parafacials with ‘stiff setulose hairs. Facial ridges bare and widely 
visible in profile. Eyes densely haired. Vibrissae well above level of epistomal 
margin. Upper occiput with an irregular row of black setulae behind the 
postocular row . AUSTROPHRYNO Townsend 
Parafacials completely bare. Facial ridges with very strong downcurved setae 
on nearly their entire height. Eyes almost bare (some very short sparse hairs 
visible under high power magnification). Vibrissae level with epistomal margin. 
Upper occiput without black setulae behind postocular row 
DOLICHOCOLON Brauer & Bergenstamm 
Legs black or brownish black. Facial region not noticeably warped forwards at 
the epistome. Facial ridges with strong downcurved setae up most of their 
height < : ; : : : : : : 15 
Legs reddish yellow (except for dark tarsi). Facial region strongly warped forwards 
at the epistome. Facial ridges bare (except for the usual few setulae immediately 
above vibrissae) . APROTHECA Macquart* 
Head in profile very strongly sabitniccoeilan (Text-fig. a: Intermediate abdominal 
tergites each with a pair of strong erect discal setae. Upper occiput with black 
setulae behind the postocular row. Abdominal T5 of 2 normal. Barette bare 
AUSTRONILEA Crosskey 
Head in profile not strikingly triangular, only a little shorter at the vibrissal axis 
than at the antennal axis. Intermediate abdominal tergites without discal 
setae, or one very feeble pair of discals haphazardly developed on T4. Upper 
occiput without black setulae behind the postocular row. Abdominal T5 of 9 
of extraordinary elongate conical shape (Text-fig. 95), preceding two tergites 
correspondingly very short and relatively wide. Barette haired 
TERETROPHORA Macquart 
* The genus Aprotheca is known only from Macquart’s types that are in very bad condition. They 
appear to have only three postsutural dorsocentral pores and the de complement in Aprotheca may 
be 3 + 3. 
