Lamprolonchaea

Blacket, Mark J. & Malipatil, Mallik B., 2010, Redescription of the Australian metallic-green tomato fly, Lamprolonchaea brouniana (Bezzi) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae), with notes on the Australian Lamprolonchaea fauna, Zootaxa 2670, pp. 31-51 : 48

Key to Australian Lamprolonchaea species

1 Frons shiny-black and covered in irregular punctures (rugose) ( Figs. 45–46 ); body length 3.5–4.5 mm ...................... .............................................................. L. brouniana Bezzi, 1919 (syn. L. splendida Broun & L. rugosifrons Bezzi )

- Frons dull or shiny-black, smooth without punctures; body length <3.5 mm .............................................................. 2

2 Body rich emerald-green colour; frons dull-black; calypters brown; wings dark brown, veins brown; legs brown, metatarsi pale-brown proximally ............................................................................................. L. badiceps MacAlpine

- Body highly polished golden-green / bronzy-blue coloured; frons dull or shiny-black; calypters white / cream; wings clear, veins yellow; legs brown / black, metatarsi yellow proximally .......................................................................... 3

3 Body golden-green; frons shiny-black ( Fig. 47 ); phallus elongated G-shaped; (Western Australia)............................. ....................................................................................................................................................... L. fulgida McAlpine

- Body golden-green and bronzy-blue in colour; frons dull-black ( Figs. 49–50 ); phallus simple C-shaped.................... .............................................................................. L. smaragdi Walker (syn. L. aurea Maquart & L. splendida Loew )

Figures

FIGURES 45 – 50. Adult male frons. 45) L. brouniana, NSW (Sydney, lectotype, AMS K 48703); 46) L. brouniana NSW (Northmead, AMS K 272866, det. D. K. McAlpine); 47) L. fulgida, WA (Bunbury, paratype, AMS K 68374, det. J. F. McAlpine); 48) L. metatarsata, NSW (Iluka Clarence River, AMS K 232435, det. I. MacGowan); 49) L. smaragdi (= L. aurea), Qld (Mosman, AMS K 272837); 50) L. smaragdi (= L. aurea), Qld (Eidsvold, AMS K 272832, mentioned in Bezzi 1923). Scale bar represents 0.5 mm.