Cobergius Barnes, 1981

McAlpine, David K., 2012, Notes and Descriptions of Australian Helosciomyzidae or Comb-winged flies (Diptera: Schizophora), Records of the Australian Museum 64 (1), pp. 51-70 : 69-70

Genus Cobergius Barnes

Cobergius Barnes, 1981: 49–50 . Type species (original designation): C. canus Barnes [= Cobergius vittatus (Macquart) ].

Notes

This genus is distinguished by the characters given in the above key. Barnes has emphasized the concave scutellum of Cobergius . While the median dorsal concavity of the scutellum is an apparently consistent feature of C. vittatus , a similar condition is present in a few dried specimens of Napaeosciomyza and Helosciomyza spp., probably because of collapse when drying. In the female the sternopleuron is very extensively setulose, as in Neosciomyza , but in the male the sternopleuron is long-hirsute with many mollisetae, as is also the fore femur. The hind femur lacks the anterior bristle in both sexes, a condition approached in Neosciomyza (absent in male, reduced in female). The abdominal coloration is distinctive, the tergites being densely ashy grey-pruinescent with distinct dark brown zones.

As previously indicated (D. McAlpine, 1992), Cobergius includes a single known species.