Aphiura borgmeieri, DISNEY, 2003

DISNEY, R. H. L., 2003, Tasmanian Phoridae (Diptera) and some additional Australasian species, Journal of Natural History 37 (5), pp. 505-639 : 512-513

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930110096564

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B287A2-425C-FF94-FDE9-F997FD7DFCFD

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scientific name

Aphiura borgmeieri
status

sp. nov.

Aphiura borgmeieri View in CoL sp. nov.

Aphiura palpalis Borgmeier, 1963: 111 View in CoL . Female only. Misidentification, Borgmeier, 1967a: 153.

Material

H  : female, Australia , NSW, Mosman , near Sydney, 12 January 1957 (W. W. Wirth) ( USNM).

Etymology The species is named after Thomas Borgmeier, who first recognized the species.

Diagnosis

With only one pair of bristles on scutellum; femora essentially yellow.

The female of this species was described by Borgmeier under A. palpalis . It is distinguished in the key below.

Aphiura breviceps Schmitz, 1939 (figure 2C) Aphiura breviceps Schmitz, 1939: 113 .

The type series comprises two males from New Zealand, one of which I have examined in the Museum Koenig (Bonn). I have subsequently reported three males from Auckland (Disney, 1994a). I now report further males from Tasmania below [see postscript] .

Material

Three males, Tasmania, Hobart, Battery Point, De Witt Street, garden, 1–11 January 1992 ( RHLD —25-7) .

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

NSW

Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Aphiura

Loc

Aphiura borgmeieri

DISNEY, R. H. L. 2003
2003
Loc

Aphiura palpalis

Borgmeier 1963: 111
1963
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