Apiocera vespera Paramonov 1953 : 476

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 : 199

Apiocera vespera Paramonov 1953: 476 .

Diagnosis. A small, elongate, grey and black species. Proboscis 0.6 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 distinctive narrow grey bands on the posterior margin of each tergites.

Note: the diagnosis of this species, based on the single holotype specimen from Booanya Rock in Cape Arid National Park and Paramonov’s description, is provisional. The holotype specimen is now lacking a head, and Paramonov did not describe all the features of the head, in particular the antenna. Paramonov described the species as most closely related to A. mackerrasi , and his description of A. vespera compares it with A. mackerrasi . We have assumed that the diagnostic features of the head of this species that were not described by Paramonov are the same as A. mackerrasi . The distinctive grey bands on the abdominal tergites make the species easy to distinguish from all other species in the group.