Zentula McAlpine, 1985

Mcalpine, David K., 2013, Supplementary descriptions of Australian Rhinotorini (Diptera: Heteromyzidae), Zootaxa 3680 (1), pp. 130-138 : 135-136

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Genus Zentula McAlpine, 1985 View in CoL

Zentula McAlpine 1985: 212 View in CoL . Type species: Zentula vittata McAlpine View in CoL (original designation).

Description. See McAlpine (1985: 212), Sinclair and McAlpine (1995: table 1). Zentula spp. have the palpus much longer than in Cairnsimyia . The minute ommatrichia of the eye surface are better developed in Zentula than is usual in Cairnsimyia spp., but these are difficult to discern without electron microscopy.

Distribution. Eastern Australia – Queensland, New South Wales.

References

McAlpine, D. K. (1985). The Australian genera of Heleomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) and a reclassification of the family into tribes. Records of the Australian Museum, 36, 203 - 251. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.36.1985.346

Sinclair, B. J. & McAlpine, D. K. (1995). Zinza, a new genus of rhinotorine flies from northern Queensland, Australia (Diptera: Heleomyzidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 47, 225 - 230.