Species Taenogerella elizabethae Winterton & Irwin, 1999

Taenogerella elizabethae Holotype

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Taenogerella elizabethae Holotype label

© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo G. Thompson

Museums

Regional Maps

• Taenogerella elizabethae Winterton S.L. & Irwin, M.E. in Winterton S.L., Irwin, M.E. & Yeates, D.K. 1999. Phylogenetic revision of the Taenogera Kröber genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae), with descriptions of two new genera. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 274-290 [284].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T99220 adult ♂ (22.xi.1980, G.D. Daniels, M.A. Schneider, MV lamp, MEI027883), QLD: 4 km SE Glen Aplin.
  Paratype(s) QM T32901-916, T36839 17 adults (12.xi.1996-31.i.1997, C.J. Burwell, S. Evans), QLD: Boggomoss 8, Taroom District [25°27´S, 150°02´E]; GDCB MEI027919 adult ♂ (25.xi.1979, G.Daniels), QLD: Amiens, nr Stanthorpe; UQIC MEI033881 adult (21.i.1930), QLD: Stanthorpe; UIMNH MEI 031401 adult ♀ (760 m amsl, 25.xi.1995, M. Irwin, S. Gaimari, 9 m Fockes trap {Mike Irwin Collec tion}), QLD: Carnarvon National Park, Mt Moffatt Section, Marlong Cr nr Lots Wife, site 13 [24°58´S, 147°57´E]; UQIC MEI 027914 adult ♀ (3.ii.1984, D.K. Yeates), QLD: Kroombit Tops, 45 km SSW Calliope; QM T99223-5 3 adults (2.xi.1934, A.J. Turner), QLD: Goondiwindi.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Scutum silver-grey velutum in male, grey pruinescent in female; less than two pairs of dorsocentral bristles, usually none; one pair of scutellar bristles; abdomen orange-brown to black, intersegmental membranes with silver elutum; spermathecal sac simple; costal margin of wing infuscate.

General References

Winterton, S.L. & Lambkin, C.L. 2024. Review of the stiletto flies of the Taenogera genus group (Therevidae: Agapophytinae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy 69: 1-62 [48, Figs 1A; 27A; 28E–F; 33; 34C–F; 45]

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