Eurotocus australis Steyskal

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

Eurotocus australis Steyskal

Fig. 13

Eurotocus australis Steyskal , in Steyskal & Knutson, 1979: 728–730, figs 1, 3–6, 28–33, 38, 39 (not figs 36, 37 as listed by Steyskal); Barnes, 1981: 53–54, figs 7, 8.

Type material (re-examined D.K.M.). Holotype ♂. Victoria: Mount Baw Baw, near Tanjilbren , 4400 ft [c. 1340 m], 30.xi.1964, G.L.B.–64132 ( AM K264608 ) . Postabdomen in micro-vial on pin . Allotype ♀. Victoria: same data as holotype ( AM) . Paratypes. South Australia and Victoria: see list of Steyskal and Knutson (1979) ( AM, SAM) .

Other material examined (localities only given). Victoria: Lake Mountain ( MV); Mount Donna Buang, near summit ( AM). New South Wales: 5.6 km W of Perisher Valley, Kosciuszko National Park ( AM).

Distribution. Victoria: mainly mountainous areas. South Australia: Adelaide and southeastern districts. New South Wales: Snowy Mountains district.

Notes

Steyskal and Knutson (1979) described the puparium of this species, and recorded the larvae as found in agaric fungi at Adelaide by Adolfo Lutz in 1892, perhaps during a brief stop-over by that Brazilian entomologist.

Figures

Figure 13. Eurotocus australis, head of female. Three postgenal bristles indicated.