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Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Eusurbus (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae), and description of Zentamyia gen. nov
- Source :
- Insect Systematics & Evolution. 47:471-510
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Brill, 2016.
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Abstract
- We review the endemic Australian bee fly genusEusurbusRoberts (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) and recognize two described species and three new species. The monotypic genusBromoglycisHull is identified as a new junior synonym ofEusurbus. Another species,E. nigracinctusRoberts, is designated as the type species of a new genusZentamyiagen. nov. This new genus is similar toEusurbusbased on several combined external characters including two-segmented palp, one-segmented flagellomere, open anal cell and cellr5, and the cellbrmuch longer than cellbm. However,Zentamyiagen. nov. has a more flattened scutum, and the apex of the flagellum is tapered. Moreover, the male genitalia are very different fromEusurbus, the male epandrium is narrow and long, and its posterolateral margin has a cluster of dense hairs; the female lacks a sand chamber, and the sperm pump is long and strong. A morphological phylogeny toEusurbusspecies is provided.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Entomology
Ecology
Male genitalia
Zoology
Biology
biology.organism_classification
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Bombyliinae
010602 entomology
Type species
Apex (mollusc)
Phylogenetics
Genus
Insect Science
Bombyliidae
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1876312X
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Insect Systematics & Evolution
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........76a1dc2ee9ebe064233d29e404e48ae3
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312x-47052150