Craig, Douglas A.; Currie, Douglas C.; Gil-Azevedo, Leonardo H.; Moulton, John K.
Austrocnephia aurantiaca Craig & Currie & Gil-Azevedo & Moulton 2019
Austrocnephia, new genus, for five species of ‘ Paracnephia’ (Diptera: Simuliidae), with a key to Australian black fly genera
Craig & Currie & Gil-Azevedo & Moulton, 2019
Craig, Currie, Gil-Azevedo & Moulton, 2019
FIGURES 1–6. Austrocnephia aurantiaca female. (1) Dorsal view of paratype. (Mount Wilson). Image by LHG-A. Scale bar = 0.5 mm. (2) Habitus. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 1.0 mm. (3) Frontal view of head. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. (4) Antenna, showing flagellum, pedisulcus (pd) and scape (sc). (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (5) Maxillary palp, showing palpomeres III–V, sensory vesicle (s v) and lacinia (lc) (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (6) Mandible (mnd) and lacinia (lc). (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.05 mm.
FIGURES 7, 8. Austrocnephia aurantiaca female. (7) Cibarium showing cornuae (cn). (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.05 mm. (8) Wing veins showing branched Rs. (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.1.mm.
FIGURE 9. Austrocnephia aurantiaca female. (9) Wing, showing veins and basal medial cell (bm) and basal radial cell (br). (Brindabella). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.
FIGURES 10, 11. Austrocnephia aurantiaca female. (10) Calcipala (cpl) and tarsomere II. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (11) Tarsal claws, heel (h) and basal tooth (t). (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.02 mm.
FIGURES 12–16. Austrocnephia aurantiaca female. (12) Abdominal tergites. (Brindabella). Scale bar = 1.0 mm. (13) Hypogynial valves (hyp v). (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (14) Anal lobe (a l) and cercus (c). (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.05 mm. (15) Genital fork, anterior stem (a st), apodeme (ap) and lateral plate (l p). (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.05 mm. (16) Spermatheca. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. FIGURE 17. Austrocnephia. aurantiaca male. (17) Holotype. (Mount Wilson). Image by LHG-A. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.
FIGURES 18, 19. Austrocnephia aurantiaca male. (18) Habitus. (Taggerty River). Scale bar = 1.0 mm. (19) Frontal view of head. (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.2 mm.
FIGURES 20–23. Austrocnephia aurantiaca male. (20) Antenna. (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (21). Maxillary palp and lacinia. Paratype. (Mount Farrell, Tasmania). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (22) Wing veins. Arrow indicates R2+3. (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (23) Claws and grappling hooks (g h). (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.02 mm.
FIGURES 24–27. Austrocnephia aurantiaca male. (24) Abdominal tergites (t) and sternites (st). Paratype. (Mount Farrell, Tasmania). Scale bar = 0.5 mm. (25) Genitalia (ventral view). Note downturned apex of ventral plate. (Carisbrook). Scale bar = 0.5 mm. (26) Gonocoxa (gc) and gonostylus (gs). Paratype. (Mount Farrell, Tasmania). Scale bar = 0.05 mm. (27) Slide mounted genitalia showing adeagal membrane (a m), basal arms (b a), parameres (p), spines (s) and ventral plate (v p). (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.05 mm.
FIGURE 28. Austrocnephia aurantiaca pupa. (28) Habitus, male. (Carisbrook). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.
FIGURES 29, 30. Austrocnephia aurantiaca pupa. (29) Female cephalic capsule. (Brindabella). Arrows indicate setae. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. (30) Male cephalic capsule. (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.2 mm.
FIGURES 31–34. Austrocnephia aurantiaca pupa. (31) Female thoracic cuticle. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. (32) Gill. (Carisbrook). Scale bar = 0.5 mm. (33) Gill filament apex surface. (Carisbrook). Scale bar = 0.05 mm. (34) Cocoon silk. (Brindabella). Scale bar = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 35. Austrocnephia aurantiaca pupa. (35) Abdominal armature. (Brindabella).Arrow indicates pleurite (plt). Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
FIGURES 36, 37. Austrocnephia aurantiaca larva. (36) Habitus, last instar. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 1.0 mm. (37) Habi- tus, last instar. (Hogarth Rivulet, Tasmania). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.
FIGURES 38, 39. Austrocnephia aurantiaca larva. (38) Dorsal view of head, last instar. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.25 mm. (39) Antenna. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.05 mm.
FIGURES 40–45. Austrocnephia aurantiaca larva. (40) Mandible. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.05 mm. (41) Mandible apex showing apical tooth (ap t) and spinous teeth (sp t). (Pretty Valley). Scale bar = 0.05 mm. (42) Maxilla and palp (mx p). (Carisbrook). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (43) Ventral head cuticle showing postgenal cleft (pg c). (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (44) Hypostoma. Numbers indicate teeth. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.05 mm. (45) Hypostoma. (Carisbrook). Scale bar = 0.05 mm.
FIGURES 46–49. Austrocnephia aurantiaca larva. (46) Hypostoma. (Flinders Island). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (47) Hypostoma. (Huon River, Kerranda, Tasmania). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (48) Pupal gill histoblast. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.25 mm. (49) Prothoracic proleg. Arrow indicates rudimentary lappet. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.1 mm.
FIGURES 50, 51. Austrocnephia aurantiaca larva. (50) Prothoracic proleg.Arrow as for Fig. 49. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.25 mm. (51) Prothoracic proleg, Arrow as for Fig. 49. (Steavenson Falls). Scale bar = 0.2 mm.
FIGURES 52–56. Austrocnephia aurantiaca larva. (52) Larval anal sclerite and circlet of hooks showing anterior arm (a a), posteroventral arms (pv a), campaniform sensilla (c s), circlet of hooks (c h). (Carisbrook). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. (53) Anal sclerite and circlet of hooks. (Flinders Island). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. (54) Anal sclerite and circlet of hooks, showing posterolateral arms (pl a). (Pretty Valley). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. (55) Parasitized larva. (Godfreys Stream, NSW). Scale bar = 0.5 mm. (56) Coelomycidium (?)simulii. (Godfreys Stream, NSW). Scale bar = 0.1 mm. FIGURE 57. Austrocnephia aurantiaca typical habitat. (57) Steavenson River, NSW. 24 Sept. 2014.
FIGURE 196. Distribution of Austrocnephia aurantiaca species-group (A. aurantiaca, A. strenua).
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