Apiocera cerata Paramonov 1961 : 109

Yeates, David K. & Oberprieler, Stefanie K., 2013, Review of the Australian Apiocera minor Norris species-group (Diptera: Apioceridae) with a revised key to species, Zootaxa 3680 (1), pp. 195-209 : 198

Apiocera cerata Paramonov 1961: 109 .

( Fig. 18 ).

Diagnosis. A small, elongate, grey and black species. Proboscis 1.0 x length of fore tibia, flagellum 3 x longer than maximum width, costa ending at CuA+A1, vein M3+CuA1 present, M2 present. Abdomen black with lateral grey markings extending from posterior margin of tergite towards anterior margin on tergites 1–4, and extending from anterior margin towards posterior on tergites 5–6 (like A. collessi , Fig. 16 ). Quite similar to A. minor but distinguished by shorter brown hairs on segment 8 of the abdomen.

Figures

FIGURES 18 – 23. Male genitalia of some Apiocera spp. 18, A. cerata; 19, A. minor; 20, A. evansi sp. n.; 21, A. rieki sp. n.; 22, A. collessi sp. n.; 23, A. microeremia sp. n.

FIGURES 13 – 17. Abdomens of some Apiocera spp. 13, A. mackerrasi; 14, A. newmani; 15, A. evansi sp. n.; 16. A. collessi sp. n.; 17, A. microeremia sp. n..