Apiocera minor Norris 1936 : 61

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 minor Norris 1936: 61 .

( Figs. 6 , 19 ).

Diagnosis. A small, elongate, grey and black species. Proboscis 1.0 x length of fore tibia, flagellum 3 x longer than maximum width, costa ending at CuA+A1, vein M3+CuA1 present, M2 present. 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. collessi , Fig. 16 ). Quite similar to A. cerata but distinguished by shorter brown hairs on segment 8 of the abdomen.

Figures

FIGURES 5, 6. Apiocera minor group, abdominal segments: 5, A. newmani; 6, A. minor.

FIGURES 18 – 23. Male genitalia of some Apiocera spp. 18, A. cerata; 19, A. minor; 20, A. evansi sp. n.; 21, A. rieki sp. n.; 22, A. collessi sp. n.; 23, A. microeremia sp. n.

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..