Apotropina nudiseta (Becker, 1911)

Ang, Yuchen, Lumbers, James & Riccardi, Paula R., 2023, A conspectus of Australian Apotropina (Diptera, Chloropidae) with the description of two new species, ZooKeys 1187, pp. 261-299 : 261

Apotropina nudiseta (Becker, 1911)

Fig. 25C, D

Parahippelates nudiseta Becker, 1911: 113.

Lasiopleura (Lasiopleura) nudiseta : Malloch 1940: 274.

Type locality and distribution.

Australia: New South Wales (Botany Bay, Sydney; Wahroonga, nr. Sydney).

Taxonomic notes.

This species was described from the type locality (Sydney) and remains known only from the area. Type material is noted to be in the same collection as A. aequalis Becker, apparently deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary; however, the authors were not able to examine the material for this study. Malloch (1940) provides illustrations of the arista and hind tibial spur (Fig. 25C, D ). This species does not have any immediately distinctive diagnosable character sets based on existing descriptions but can be identified based on the provided key. The original description and subsequent taxonomic notes in Suppl. material 1, which indicate chaetotaxy as having four or more strong decussate acrostichals and "similarly arranged" dorsocentral setae.

Figures

Figure 25. illustrations for various Apotropina spp. A A. aequalis head, lateral view (from Becker 1911: Tafel I, Fig. 15) B A. aequalis hind tibial spur (from Malloch 1940: 271, Fig. 15) C A. nudiseta antennal arista (from Malloch 1940: 271, Fig. 17) D A. nudiseta hind tibial spur (from Malloch 1940: 271, Fig. 18) E A. proxima habitus, lateral view (from Rayment 1959: plate XXXIX, Fig. 1) F A. proxima thorax, dorsal view (from Rayment 1959: plate XXXIX, Fig. 2).