Luta luteipennis (Steyskal) McAlpine, 2012

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 : 57

Luta luteipennis (Steyskal) n.comb.

Figs 4, 5 , 11

Helosciomyza luteipennis Steyskal , in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979: 736, figs 19–22.

Neosciomyza luteipennis (Steyskal) .– Barnes, 1981: 61–63, figs 30, 31.

Type material (re-examined D.K.M.). Holotype ♂. New South Wales: Mount Wilson, Blue Mountains , 11.xii.1959 (not 1969 as given by Steyskal), D.K.M. ( AM K264312 ). Double-mounted on micro-pin through polyporus, repaired with glue on thorax . Allotype ♀, same data as holotype . Paratypes. New South Wales: Mount Wilson and Wright’s Lookout, as listed by Steyskal ( AM, ANIC) .

Distribution. New South Wales: higher mountains of Northern and Central Tablelands districts.

Notes

At Mount Wilson, Blue Mountains, I have repeatedly found L. luteipennis in small numbers in shaded areas in the temperate rain forest, altitude c. 900 m, mainly in the months from October to April.

Figures

Figures 4, 5. Luta luteipennis, left wing. (4) anterior view of basal section. (5) anterior view of part of costa near end of subcosta. bc, basicosta; cb, costagial bristles; cg, costagium; h, hairs; mi, microtrichia; sl, spinules; sp, spine; tg, tegula.

Figures 11, 12. (11) Luta luteipennis, part of thorax showing right postalar callus. (12) Huttonina abrupta Tonnoir & Malloch, part of thorax showing right postalar region. Postalar bristle indicated.