Froggattimyia truncata, Colless, 2012

Colless, Donald H., 2012, The Froggattimyia-Anagonia Genus Group (Diptera: Tachinidae), Records of the Australian Museum 64 (3), pp. 167-211 : 180-181

Froggattimyia woodorum sp. nov.

Figs 18, 19

Types. Holotype male in ANIC no. 29-029375, Canberra, ACT, summit Mt Ainslie, 8 Jan. 2006, hand net, G. & M. Wood. Paratypes:— New South Wales: 3 males, same data as holotype; 2 males, Catherine Hill Bay, 12 Apr. 1949, S. J. Paramonov.

Very similar to F. aurea, differing as follows:

Male. Ivb/Vb-E = 1.1. Reclinate upper orbital bristles strongly differentiated; postocellar setae likewise, 2 in number. Reclinate upper orbital and parafacial setulae distinctly sparse and short. Antenna with noticeably long arista, long enough to reach lower facial margin (unlike all other Froggattimyia spp). Femora almost entirely dark, a small pale zone at apices; tarsi also dark; midfemur with 1 stout bristle anteriorly at centre; hindfemur with subcentral

pd seta (Pd1) unusually long for this genus (Pd1/Sdd = 1.0–1.05). Abdominal syntergite 1+2 with very fine pair of submedian marginal bristles, tergite 3 with a very stout pair. Terminalia (Figs 18, 19) with relatively short, “stubby” appendages, the cerci slightly curved apically in a posterior direction.

Female. Not known.

Distribution. Known from ACT and NSW only.

Biology. A female, possibly of this species, was reared from

sawfly larvae taken on a “paperbark, Melaleuca sp.”

Notes. In some attributes the males resemble those of Anagonia spp (as does the doubtful female), but, on balance, I place it here for the present. Like the previous species, the host is unknown, but presumably a sawfly larva.

The species name celebrates the collectors of the holotype: Monty and Grace Wood.