New genera of Australian stiletto flies (Diptera, Therevidae)

By

Irwin, Michael E
Winterton, Shaun L. (Shaun Leslie)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

618

Pages

97-128

Subjects

Asiloidea , Australia , Stiletto fly , Therevidae , Therevoid clade

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.618.8059

 

Abstract

Two new stiletto fly genera of Agapophytinae (Diptera: Therevidae) are described from Australia. Sidarena gen. n. comprises six new species (Sidarena aurantia sp. n., S. flavipalpa sp. n., S. geraldton sp. n., S. hortorum sp. n., S. macfarlandi sp. n., and S. yallingup sp. n.) and is largely endemic to Western Australia. Zelothrix gen. n. is described based on two species; Z. warrumbungles sp. n. is a locally abundant species in Eastern Australia, while Z. yeatesi sp. n. is restricted to southwestern Western Australia. These sister genera are likely closely related to Taenogerella Winterton & Irwin and Actenomeros Winterton & Irwin.