A Review of Australian Species of Laphria (Asilidae, Diptera), 
with Descriptions of Three New Species from Lord Howe Island 
S. J. Paramonov 1 
KEY TO THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF Laphria 
1. Legs quite black, but can be covered 
partly by yellow hairs; if not very intense, 
always uniformly coloured 2 
Legs always partly yellow or orange ..12 
2. Wings marked with black and bright yel- 
low or orange (Fig. 1). New South Wales 
L. ornatipennis Macquart, d, 9 
Wings hyaline or blackish, never with 
yellow markings 3 
3. Hind margin of scutellum at most with 
four bristles, the central pair weaker and 
shorter than the lateral pair (Fig. 2a). 
1 supraalar and 1 notopleural bristle. One 
black bristle at sides of tergites 1-5. 
Western Australia 
L. clavata White, d, 9 
Hind margin of scutellum with more than 
4 bristles (Fig. 2 b)\ if there are only 4 
bristles, the middle pair is not shorter 
than the lateral one. Number of supra- 
alar, notopleural and lateral bristles on 
abdomen not as above 4 2 
1 Division of Entomology, C. S. I. R. O., Canberra, 
Australia. Manuscript received May 4, 1957. 
2 L. niveifacies from Tasmania belongs to this group, 
but the description by Macquart is too short. Only 
after a study of all Tasmanian species of Laphria will 
it be possible to determine exactly this species of 
Macquart. 
4. Spots at sides of abdomen and hairs on 
the spots distinctly yellow; the lateral 
bristles are also yellow. Hairs and bristles 
very numerous and long. Queensland. . 
L. reginae, sp. nov., d, 9 
Spots at sides of abdomen pure white. . 3 
5. Hairs on underside of head and on face 
reddish-yellow. Bristles at sides of ab- 
domen numerous: on 1st tergite 4-5, on 
2nd 3, on following 2. Lord Howe Island 
L. zentae, sp. nov., d, 9 
Hairs on underside of head and on face 
whitish. Bristles on sides of abdomen 
not so numerous; usually only one on 
each tergite 6 
6. Wings quite black. Sides of mesonotum 
not silvery-marked. Disc of scutellum 
shining. Postscutellum with yellowish, 
not very noticeable dust 7 
Wings with black colour only along the 
veins. Disc of scutellum dusted. Post- 
scutellum with strong silvery dust, sim- 
ilar dust on the sides of mesonotum. .8 
7. A very sharply marked cross furrow be- 
low the base of antennae (Fig. 4a). Pro- 
boscis longer than the height of head. 
Hairs on underside of hind tibiae whitish. 
Western Australia. . L. leei, sp. nov., 9 
Only a slightly marked cross furrow be- 
low the base of antennae or furrow absent 
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