Bathypogon ichthyurus Hull, 1958d: 187

Lavigne, Robert J., 2020, Current condition of Bathypogon types (Diptera: Asilidae) described by Frank M Hull and housed in the South Australian Museum of Natural History with notes on other Bathypogon types, Zootaxa 4868 (4), pp. 560-576 : 564

Bathypogon ichthyurus Hull, 1958d: 187 ( Fig. 5 )

Holotype ♂ Label data: Holotype Bathypogon ichthyurus Hull // L. Callabonna / A. Zietz [Aquisition No.: SAMA Database No 29-001180 ]

Condition: Poor. Head: head largely intact, but partially severed from thorax; only postpedicel of right antennae missing. Thorax: largely intact, but all thoracic setae on left side broken off at various heights. Wings: intact. Legs: left mid leg missing, except for trochanter and femur; apical four segments of right mid tarsi missing. Abdomen: only basal 7 segments of abdomen present, with balsam replacing most of 3 rd segment. Genitalia: missing.

[Author’s Note: the species name, handwritten presumably by Dr. Hull, is spelled ‘icthyurus’; additionally, in the publication ( Hull 1958d: 188) no mention is made on the label or in the publication concerning the State in which Lake Callabonna is located. It is South Australia.]

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FIGURE 5. Holotype ♂ Bathypogon ichthyurus Hull// L. Callabonna/ A. Zietz [SAMA Database No 29-001180]