Apiocera australis Paramonov 1953 : 474

Yeates, David K. & Oberprieler, Stefanie K., 2013, Review of the Australian Apiocera minor Norris species-group (Diptera: Apioceridae) with a revised key to species, Zootaxa 3680 (1), pp. 195-209 : 198

Apiocera australis Paramonov 1953: 474 .

Diagnosis A small, elongate, grey and black species. Proboscis 0.8 x length of fore tibia, flagellum 2 x longer than maximum width, costa ending at M veins, vein M3+CuA1 absent, M2 present, becoming pale towards wing margin. Abdomen black with lateral grey markings extending from posterior margin of tergite towards anterior margin on tergites 1-4, and extending from anterior margin towards posterior on tergites 5-6 (like A. microeremia , Fig. 17 ).

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FIGURES 13 – 17. Abdomens of some Apiocera spp. 13, A. mackerrasi; 14, A. newmani; 15, A. evansi sp. n.; 16. A. collessi sp. n.; 17, A. microeremia sp. n..