Helosciomyza anaxantha Steyskal

McAlpine, David K., 2012, Notes and Descriptions of Australian Helosciomyzidae or Comb-winged flies (Diptera: Schizophora), Records of the Australian Museum 64 (1), pp. 51-70 : 58-59

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.0067-1975.64.2012.1582
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/887387E2-FF9E-FFA4-FCD5-F9A491006F9D
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scientific name	Helosciomyza anaxantha Steyskal
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Helosciomyza anaxantha Steyskal View in CoL

Helosciomyza anaxantha Steyskal View in CoL , in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979: 731–733, figs 11, 12; Barnes, 1981: 54–56, figs 9, 10.

Type material (re-examined D.K.M.). Holotype ♂. Tasmania: Hellyer Gorge, Waratah Highway , 8.i.1960, D.K.M. ( AM K263391 ) . Glued to card point, much damaged and badly repaired. Postabdomen in micro-vial on pin. Paratypes. Tasmania: 1♂, 2 mi. (c. 3.2 km) S of Oonah, Waratah Highway, c. 1300 ft (c. 400 m), 7.i.1960, D.K.M. ( AM) ; 1♂, Russell Falls, Mount Field National Park , 13.i.1960, D.K.M. ( AM) ; 1♂, Hartz Mountains , 800 ft (c. 240 m), 20.i.1960, D.K.M. ( AM) .

Other material examined. Tasmania: 2♂♂, 1♀, Mount Wellington, lower slopes, wet forest, 12.ii.1963, D.H.C. ( ANIC) .

Distribution. Tasmania: apparently widely distributed but endemic to the state. The record for Australian Capital Territory (Black Mountain, in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979: 732) is due to a misidentification (see under Neosciomyza peckorum ).