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