Australoconops phaeomeros, Published, 2010

Published, First, 2010, A taxonomic revision of Australian Conopidae (Insecta: Diptera) 2581, Zootaxa 2581, pp. 1-246 : 64

Australoconops phaeomeros , sp. nov. ( Figs 48, 69, 125)

Type material. Holotype. ♂, Queensland: North Stradbroke Is. , 5.ii.1979, E. M. Exley ( QM) . Paratypes. Queensland: 1♀, Yeppoon , 18.xii.1979, H. E. & M. A. Evans & A. Hook ; 1♀, Peregian , 24.x.1965, J. C. Cardale ; 1♂, Caloundra , 24.x.1965, J. C. Cardale (all UQIC) ; 1♂, Brisbane , 28.xi.1917, H. Hacker ; 1♂, Acacia Ridge, Brisbane , 9.ix.1962, E. C. Dahms (all QM) ; 2♂, 1♀, same data as holotype ( UQIC) ; 1♀, Toowoomba , 7–8.xii.1985, D. Bickel & G. Cassis ( AM) . New South Wales: 1♂, Ebor , 1.i.1916 ( QM) ; 1♀, Sandy Ck , W Ebor, 3.i.1978, G. Daniels ( UQIC) .

Additional material. Queensland: 1♂, Carnarvon Nat. Pk, Mt Moffatt Section , 2 km N West Branch Campground, 24°52’18”S 148°00’50”E, 820 m, 24.xi.1995 ( UQIC) ; 1♂, Carnarvon Nat Pk, Mt Moffatt Section, Lots Wife to Kookaburra Cave , 19.xi.1995 ; 3♂, Chimneys, Mt Moffatt Nat. Pk , 25°06’S 147°52’E, sweeping Leptospermum (all QM) ; 1♂, Carnarvon Nat. Pk, Mt Moffatt Section, Base of The Chimneys , 25°06’08”S 147°52’01”E, 680 m, 21.xi.1995 ( UQIC) . Australian Capital Territory: 1♂, 1♀, 1?, Blundells , 19.i.1936, 21.i.1931 ( ANIC) . Victoria: 1♀, Bacchus Marsh, 2.i.1906 ; 1♂, Wilsons Promontory , 19.i.1987, on Eucalyptus (all MVMA) . South Australia: 1♂, Torrens Gorge, i.1940 ; 1♂, Adelaide , xii.1939 ; 3♂, Mt Gambier , -.1941 (all SAM) .