New species of Laxotela Winterton & Irwin from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae) Author Winterton, Shaun L. text Zootaxa 2007 1407 57 64 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.175536 5390a72b-5470-4441-b170-4e27f887537f 1175-5326 175536 Key to Laxotela species 1. Wing extensively mottled or banded; scutum either mottled matte black and silver pubescence, or dark with pale dorsocentral stripes; male distiphallus narrow apically ( Figs 2 G, 3G).........................................2 - Wing largely hyaline or uniform smoky infuscate; scutum grey, patterned with dark brown tessellate or interrupted stripes; male distiphallus ornately shaped apically (Winterton & Irwin 1999, figs 2F–G, 5F–G)......................................................................................................................................................................6 2. Scutum patterned with silver, matte black and brown pubescence; epandrium width equal to length along midline; ventral apodeme extending anteriorly to approximately half the length of ejaculatory apodeme ( Fig. 2 G).......................................................................................................................................................3 - Scutum patterned otherwise, often dark with pale dorsocentral stripes; epandrium elongate; ventral apodeme of parameral sheath extending anteriorly to approximately end of ejaculatory apodeme ( Fig. 3 G)..4 3. Male frons with elongate setae; male abdomen covered with silver velutum; mid and hind tibia with pale setae; slender species ................................................................................................................ plata sp. nov. - Male frons with short setae; male abdomen lacking silver velutum; tibia with black setae; more robust species ................................................................................................................. holstoni Winterton & Irwin 4. Male and female abdomen with extensive areas of silver velutum (not completely covering abdomen); scutum patterned as in Figure 1 , without distinct pale dorsocentral stripes; aedeagus with large lateral flanges on basal portion of distiphallus ( Figs 2 F–G) .......................................................... elongata sp. nov. - Abdomen of male and female without extensive silver velutum covering; aedeagus without flanges or lateral projections on distiphallus (Winterton & Irwin 1999, figs 3E–F, 6F–G)..............................................5 5. Femora pale orange, darkened apically; gonocoxal apodeme shorter than gonocoxite; gonocoxal process shorter than gonostylus; dorsal apodeme of parameral sheath enlarged (Winterton & Irwin 1999, figs 6A– G) ........................................................................................................................... whitei Winterton & Irwin - Femora black; gonocoxal apodeme length 3/4 of gonocoxite length; gonocoxal process longer than gonostylus; dorsal apodeme reduced (Winterton & Irwin 1999, figs 3A–F) .............. hauseri Winterton & Irwin 6. Male frons wider than ocellar tubercle; patch of dark setae below eye in both sexes; male abdomen with silver velutum; ventral lobe of gonocoxite acuminate, longer than gonostylus (Winterton & Irwin 1999, figs 2A–I) ........................................................................................................... gaimarii Winterton & Irwin - Male frons narrower than ocellar tubercle; setae below eye pale in both sexes; male abdomen without velutum; ventral lobe of gonocoxite notched apically, shorter than gonostylus (Winterton & Irwin 1999, figs 5A–G) .............................................................................................................. metzi Winterton & Irwin