Sigaloethina phaia, Munari, 2004

Munari, L., 2004, Beach Flies (Diptera: Tethinidae: Tethininae) From Australia and Papua New Guinea, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Ten New Species, Records of the Australian Museum 56 (1), pp. 29-56 : 48

Sigaloethina sp. near phaia n.sp.

Material examined. Australia, Queensland: Gladstone , mangroves, 19.xii.1961, D.K. McAlpine, 1♀ [ AM] .

Remarks. The female specimen from Gladstone (QLD) shows a peculiar, dense microtomentum on the thorax and abdomen, resembling the characteristic pruinescence covering the peel of a plum. This specimen, labelled with the abbreviation “cf.”, might be an undescribed species.