Palirika Lambkin & Yeates 2003

Lambkin, Christine L. & Bartlett, Justin S., 2011, Bush Blitz aids description of three new species and a new genus of Australian beeflies (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Exoprosopini), ZooKeys 150, pp. 231-280 : 236

Palirika Lambkin & Yeates 2003

Type species:

Palirika decora , Lambkin & Yeates, 2003: 812.

Rediagnosis.

Small black, rounded, dense, adpressed metallic scales dorsally on thorax and abdomen (Fig. 6D); no abdominal white scales, sternal vestiture black, not metallic. Epandrium rounded, strongly curved, red, extended smoothly basolaterally (Fig. 4E, F). Gonocoxae deeply narrowed medially, with thickened setae ventromedially, tuft of 6-8 very long, basally-directed, thick setae medially; H projecting in lateral view; EP without lateral lobes, medial projection laterally; LAEA large, convex, extending to G margin; EJA racquet-shaped, longer than the length of G (Fig. 5). Female T8 A little more than marginal thickening (Fig. 6F), spermathecal tube more than 8 × length of SP, clear thick-walled ring joining clear thick-walled BB and pigmented subquadrate SR.

Included species: Palirika anaxios Lambkin & Yeates 2003, Palirika basilikos Lambkin & Yeates 2003, Palirika blackdownensis Lambkin & Yeates 2003, Palirika bouchardi , Palirika culgoafloodplainensis sp. n., Palirika cyanea Lambkin & Yeates 2003, Palirika danielsi Lambkin & Yeates 2003, Palirika decora , Palirika mackenziei sp. n., Palirika marginicollis (Gray, 1883), Palirika viridula Lambkin & Yeates 2003, Palirika whyalla Lambkin & Yeates 2003.