New Species of Austrothaumalea Tonnoir from Australia (Diptera: Thaumaleidae)
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
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Records of the Australian Museum
2008
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1490
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Austrothaumalea minnamurrae
Theischinger
Austrothaumalea minnamurrae
Theischinger, 1986: 304
.
Material examined.
New South Wales
: 1
?
,
Blue Mtns
NP
,
Blackheath
,
Grose Gorge
,
Govetts Ck
,
1.xii.1993
(
CNC
); 2
??
,
Blue Mtns
NP
,
Valley
of the
Waters
, cascading ck,
320 m
,
3.i.1994
,
9.iv.1995
(
AMS
); 1
?
,
7 km
E Robertson
,
Macquarie Pass
NP
,
23.xi.1993
(
CNC
)
.
Queensland
: 1
?
,
Bunya Mts
NP
,
face of
Little Falls
,
8.ix.2002
(
ZFMK
)
.
Victoria
: 1
?
,
Mt. Buffalo
NP
,
Eurobin Ck
,
30.xi.1994
(
AMS
)
.
Distribution
. This species ranges from southern
Queensland
to northern
Victoria
.
Remarks
. The specimen from Woombye that was only tentatively included by
Theischinger (1986)
in
A. minnamurrae
is undoubtedly an undescribed species. Unfortunately, this specimen has been lost (see Acknowledgments).
The Bunya Mts specimen listed above possesses gonostyli with broad bases, similar to the Woombye species illustrated by
Theischinger (1986
, fig. 48). However all other key characters (e.g., shape of gonocoxal plate, lateral epandrial lobe) are very similar to that typical of
A. minnamurrae
.