Notes and Descriptions of Australian Helosciomyzidae or Comb-winged flies (Diptera: Schizophora)
Author
McAlpine, David K.
text
Records of the Australian Museum
2012
2012-05-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.64.2012.1582
journal article
10.3853/j.0067-1975.64.2012.1582
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Luta luteipennis
(Steyskal)
n.comb.
Figs 4, 5
,
11
Helosciomyza luteipennis
Steyskal
, in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979: 736, figs 19–22.
Neosciomyza luteipennis
(Steyskal)
.–
Barnes, 1981: 61–63
, figs 30, 31.
Type material
(re-examined D.K.M.).
Holotype
♂
.
New South Wales
:
Mount Wilson
,
Blue Mountains
,
11.xii.1959
(not 1969 as given by Steyskal),
D.K.M.
(
AM
K264312
).
Double-mounted
on micro-pin through polyporus, repaired with glue on thorax
.
Allotype
♀
, same data as holotype
.
Paratypes
.
New South Wales
:
Mount Wilson
and Wright’s Lookout, as listed by Steyskal (
AM
,
ANIC
)
.
Distribution
.
New South Wales
: higher mountains of Northern and Central Tablelands districts.
Notes
At Mount Wilson, Blue Mountains, I have repeatedly found
L. luteipennis
in small numbers in shaded areas in the temperate rain forest, altitude c.
900 m
, mainly in the months from October to April.