Bandella, A New Hilarine Fly Genus from Australia (Diptera: Empididae)
Bickel, Daniel J.
Records of the Australian Museum
2002
54
313
324
KK7S
Bickel, 2002
Bickel
2002
[962,1190,955,979]
Insecta
Empididae
Bandella
Animalia
Diptera
7
320
Arthropoda
species
noorinbee
sp. nov.
Figs. 2d, 2e, 3e, 3f
Type material. HOLOTYPE3, PARATYPES23, 11♀, Victoria: Noorinbee, 12.xi.1969, A. Neboiss(all MVM). Additional material. New South Wales: 33, 6.4 kmN of Batemans Bay, 14.x.1952, 22.x.1952, 14.x.1959; 3, Macquarie Falls, 14.xi.1960, 2♀, Warrell Creek, 11.x.1962( ANIC). 3, Mt Royal SF, nr Pieries Ridge, 600–700 m, 15.xi.1986; ♀, 30 kmN of Taree, 23.xi.1985( AMS); 3, RoyalNP, Couranga Trail, 7.xi.1993( CNC).
Description(male): length: 7.2–7.3; wing: 5.0×1.5. Head: post-cranium, vertex and frons shining black with no pruinosity; ventral postcranium with scattered pale setae; postorbitals reduced to short hairs, white ventrally, black dorsally; face covered with silvery pruinosity; labrum yellowish with dark brown base and apex, labellum black; antenna black brown; scape and pedicel setose. Thorax: pleura and humeral areas of mesonotum redyellow; mesonotum mostly black posteriorly, narrowing step like anteriorly, to become black stripe over ac band and pronotum ( Fig. 2d); scutellum black; postnotum black but covered with grey pruinosity; setulae pale; scutellum with pair short median marginal setae, and with some adjacent short setae. Legs: coxae yellow; trochanters and remainder of legs dark brown to black; coxae with only short pale vestiture, no strong setae; all tarsi with strong black claws and large yellowish pulvilli; I: 6.7; 7.0; 3.6/ 1.2/ 1.0/ 0.9/ 0.8; FI and TI mostly with short vestiture; TI without anteroapical comb; TI, It 1, and It 2each with 2 pairs of av-pv setae, and It 3each with single pair of av-pv setae; II: 6.7; 7.0; 3.0/ 1.4/ 1.0/ 0.9/ 0.7; TII with pair strong apical av-pv setae setae; each tarsomere IIt 1–3with apical av-pv setae; IIt 1with black ventral pile; remainder of tarsus II with dense pale ventral pile; III: 11.0; 10.0; 3.0/ 1.3/ 1.0/ 0.8/ 0.8; FIII gradually expanding apically, and weakly clavate in distal third; TIII without strong setae; IIIt with short black vestiture. Abdomenentirely shining black, with metallic blue-violet reflections; without pruinosity; tergum 7 with distal U- in October and November. This species shows strong sexual dimorphism in mesonotal pattern: males have an extensive black area ( Fig. 2d), whereas females have an entirely yellow mesonotum ( Fig. 2e).
1969-11-12
MVM
A. Neboiss
Noorinbee
7
320
11
11
Victoria
paratype
14. x. 1952, 22. x. 1952, 14. x. 1959
6.4 km N of Batemans Bay
7
320
1
New South Wales
1960-11-14
Macquarie Falls
7
320
2
2
New South Wales
1962-10-11
1986-11-15
1962-10-11
ANIC
Mt Royal SF & Pieries Ridge
650
Warrell Creek
7
320
1
1
New South Wales
1985-11-23
1993-11-07
1985-11-23
AMS, CNC
Royal
Couranga Trail
7
320
1
New South Wales