Allograpta notiale Thompson

Mengual, Ximo & Thompson, F. Christian, 2015, Australian Allograpta Osten Sacken (Diptera, Syrphidae), ZooKeys 513, pp. 65-78 : 71-72

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Syrphidae

Allograpta notiale Thompson sp. n. Figures 10, 12-16, 18

Allogratpa 88-14 Thompson in litt.

Type locality.

AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Collinsville, 20°33'S, 147°50'E.

Types.

Holotype male labelled: "Collinsville, Q. // 15 –9– 1950 // E.F.Riek." "Australian // National // Insect // Collection" [green] " Allograpta // 88-14 // Det. X. Mengual, 2012" "ANIC Database No // 29 033161" "HOLOTYPE // Allograpta // notiale // Thompson 2014" [red] [ANIC].

Paratypes: AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND: Brisbane, 25.x.1953, F.M. Hull [1♂ CNC]; 18 miles North of Cairns, 13.v.1970, R. & J. Matthews [1♂ ZFMK, 1♂ ANIC; ANIC 33162]; 2 miles West of Kuranda, 7.v.1967, D.H. Colless [1♀ ANIC; ANIC 33163]; 7 km North North West of Coen, 17.iv.1989, G. & A. Daniels [1♀ AMS; AMK 402266]; Brisbane, C.F. Ashby [1♀ ZFMK]; Dunk Island, 25.viii.1927 [1♀ QM; UQIC 222114]; hut near East Claudie River, Iron Range National Park, 28.xii.1995, G. & A. Daniels [1♀ AMS; AMK 410379]; Eungella National Park, Chelmer'S, Road, 21.132822°S, 148.492683°E, 19.xii.2014, J.H., A.M. & A.W. Sk evington [1♂ CNC; CNC384271]; Kuranda, F.P. Dodd [1♂ ANIC, 1♂ 2♀ USNM; ANIC 33166, USNMENT 01028912, 01028876, 01028865]; Leo Creek Roads, McIlwraith Range, 30 km Northeast of Coen, 500 m., 29. vi– 4.vii.1976, C.B. & S.R. Monteith [1♀ QM; UQIC 220482]; Mount Glorious, 10.xi.1965, C.F. Ashby [1♀ ANIC; ANIC 33165]; Mount Glorious Scrub Creek Road, Brisbane Forest Park, 17-24.x.1997, N. Power, malaise trap [1♂ QM; UQIC 220481]; Shiptons, Flat, Roberts’ house, 250 m., 1.viii.2004, S. Wright, cleared paddocks [1♀ QM; UQIC 222115]; Shiptons Flat, 15.47°S, 145.14°E, 18.v.1981, D.H. Colless [1♂ USNM; USNMENT 01028856].

Description.

Male. Similar to Allograpta terraenovae except differs as follows: gena all black; occiput black pilose on dorsal 1/3; scutum shiny except sparsely pollinose on anterior margin, black pilose except yellow pilose on lateral yellow vitta; postalar callus mainly black pilose, with a few intermixed yellow pili anteriorly; calypter brownish black; abdominal fasciae narrower, with a linear posterior margin (not emarginated medially).

Female. Similar to male except for normal sexual dimorphism and as follows: frons yellow laterally (about 1/6 of frons width) with a medial, broad, black vitta (about 2/3 of frons width).

Distribution.

Australia (Queensland); Fig. 18.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is derived from the Latin notialis meaning southern (Brown 1956: 731), and it refers to Australia. Species epithet to be treated as an adjective.