Australoconops aequatus (Walker)

Published, First, 2010, A taxonomic revision of Australian Conopidae (Insecta: Diptera) 2581, Zootaxa 2581, pp. 1-246 : 38-39

Australoconops aequatus (Walker) (Figs 38–41, 58, 79, 105)

Conops aequata Walker 1849: 675

Conops aequatus — Kröber 1939b: 604

Conops piceus Bigot 1887: 43

Australoconops aequatus — Camras 1961: 69

Type material. Holotype (examined) ♀, L1: W. Australia [underside 47.109]; L2: Type; L3: Conops aequata Walk. [underside: identified as the type by E.A. Waterhouse.] ( NHM). Type of Synonym (examined), ♂, L1: Type [underside: Conops piceus, Bigot. Type.]; L2: C. Piceus . ♂. Australie J. Bigot ( NHM).

Additional material. Queensland: 1♂, no data ( AM) . New South Wales: 1♀, 10 km S Central Mangrove, Sydney , 26.ix.1987 ( AM) . Victoria: 1♀, Wyperfeld Nat. Pk , 5.xi.1966 ( ANIC) . Western Australia: 1♂, 13 km SE Dongara , 30.xii.1975, on Eucalyptus (UQIC) ; 1♀, 12 km S Cataby , 26.ix.1988 ( WADA) ; 1♀, Mimmegarra Stn , 23.x.1941 ( ANIC) ; 1♂, Clackline , 28.ix.1979, on flowers of Chamelaucium uncinatum (WAM) ; 1♀, Kelmscott , 26.ix.1981 ( UQIC) ; 1♂, Gleneagle , 10.x.1972 ( WADA) ; 1♂, Bejoording Pool , no date ( WAM) ; 1♀, National Park , no date ( WAM) ; 1♀, 20 km SE Pinjarra , 32°43’S 115°57’E, 15.xi.1989, on Eucalyptus (MVMA) ; 1♂, 2 km NNW Crossman , 32°45’S 116°34’E, 24.ix.1981 ( ANIC) ; 4♂, 4♀, Yallingup, nr Cape Naturaliste , 14.ix–31.x.1913 ( NHM, CC) ; 2♂, 3 km N Hopetoun , 33°55’S 120°08’E, 4.i.1986, 13.i.1987 ; 1♀, Cape Le Grand Nat. Pk , 33°58’S 122°08’E, 11.i.1987 (all UQIC) ; 1♀, 17.5 km NW Mt Arid , 35°29’S 141°56’E, 13–14.i.1982 ( WAM) .