Abstract

A parasitic fly Aliasutra australica new genus and species is described, and the subfamily Tachiniscinae is recorded from Australia for the first time. The new species superficially resembles pyrgotid flies by lacking frontal setae and wing pattern, and by having numerous proepisternal setae and brownish yellow body. It possesses a unique structure of female terminalia, which is a synapomorphy of the Tachiniscinae, and the incomplete costal vein, long tubular phallus and elongate spermathecae, which are considered synapomorphies of the tribe Tachiniscini, and is placed in that tribe.

 
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Short Form
Korneyev, 2012. Rec. Aust. Mus. 64(3): 159–166
Author
Valery A. Korneyev
Year
2012
Title
A new genus and species of the subfamily Tachiniscinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Australia
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
64
Issue
3
Start Page
159
End Page
166
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.64.2012.1593
Language
en
Date Published
13 December 2012
Cover Date
13 December 2012
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
INSECTA: DIPTERA; TAXONOMY; BIOGEOGRAPHY
Digitized
13 December 2012
Available Online
13 December 2012
Reference Number
1593
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