Apiocera minor

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 : 197

Apiocera minor species-group

Prior to this study only six species have been described in this group: A. minor Norris, 1936 (WA), A. newmani Norris, 1936 (WA), A. mackerrasi Paramonov, 1953 (QLD), A. australis Paramonov, 1953 (SA, VIC, WA), A. vespera Paramonov, 1953 (WA) and A. cerata Paramonov, 1961 (WA).

Diagnosis. Alula poorly developed ( Figs. 7–12 ), in most species equal to triangular cell and triangular in shape, in A. minor and A. newmani much smaller than triangular cell at base of wing and somewhat ribbon-like; C ending near apex of wing and vein M3+CuA1 absent in all species except in A. cerata , A. minor , A. mullewa sp. n. and some A. microeremia sp. n.; vertex in male broad, 1/3 or more of head width; proboscis long; scutum with long bristles; hairs on mesopleuron poorly developed ( Paramonov 1953).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Right wings of some Apiocera spp. 7, A. newmani; 8, A. evansi sp. n.; 9, A. rieki sp. n.; 10, A. collessi sp. n.; 11, A. mullewa sp. n.; 12, A. microeremia sp. n..