Australoconops splendidus (Kröber)

Published, First, 2010, A taxonomic revision of Australian Conopidae (Insecta: Diptera) 2581, Zootaxa 2581, pp. 1-246 : 72

Australoconops splendidus (Kröber) ( Figs 54, 98, 130)

Conops splendidus Kröber 1916: 63

Australoconops splendidus (Kröber) — Camras 1961: 68

Type material. Holotype (examined). ♂, Queensland: L1: Herberton, Dodd, i.1911, 3700 ft; L2: coll. Lichtwardt; L3: Holotype; L4: Conops ♂ splendidus Kröb. O. Kröber det. 1914 ( DEI). Paratypes. Queensland: 1♂, Queensland: L1: Herberton, Dodd, i.1911, 3700 ft; L2: coll. Lichtwardt; L3: Paratype; L4: Conops ♂ splendidus Kröb. O. Kröber det. 1914 ( DEI); 1♂: L1: Co-Type; L2: Herberton Dodd, J. 12.1910; L3: CoType No.24295 U.S. N.M.; L4: Conops splendidus Krb Kröber det. 1914 ( USNM).

Additional material. Queensland: 1♀, upper Jardine R, Cape York Pen., 11°13’S 142°39’E, 15.x.1979 ( AM) ; 2♂, Carnarvon Nat. Pk, Mt Moffatt Section , 3 km SE Ranger Station, 25°04’39”S 148°00’30”E, 18.xi. 1995, 740m ; 1♂, Carnarvon Nat. Pk, Mt Moffatt Section , Marlong Arch summit, 820m, 24°59’28”S 147°53’ 48”E, 26.xi.1995 ; 1♂, 1♀, Chimneys, Mt Moffatt Nat. Pk , 25°06’S 147°52’E, 1,2. xii.1997 ( QM, UQIC) ; 1♂, Carnarvon Nat. Pk, Mt Moffatt Section, 680 m, Base of The Chimneys , 25°06’08”S 147°52’01”E, 21.xi.1995 ( UQIC) ; 1♂, Mt Moffatt Nat. Pk , 3 km SE Park Headquarters, 25°04’39”S 148°00’30”E, 18.xi.1995 ( QM) ; 1♂, 24 km NE Eidsvold , 25°09’S 151°11’E, 11.x.1984, on Eucalyptus flowers ( ANIC) ; 1♀, 15 km W Biggenden , 26.x.1977, on Eucalyptus tereticornis (UQIC) ; 1♀, 1 km N Memerambi via Kingaroy, 8.xi.1981 ( UQIC) ; 2♂, 2♀, North Stradbroke Is. , 17.ix.1915 ( QDPI, QM) ; 5♂, 5♀, Brown Lk., North Stradbroke Is. , 21–24.ix.1984, on Leptospermum flavescens blossom ( UQIC) ; 1♂, 7.6 km N Dunwich, Nth Stradbroke Is , 27°27’S 153°26’E, 21.x.1996, on Leptospermum ; 2♂, Dunwich , ix.1926, 17.ix.1955 ( ANIC, UQIC) ; 2♂, 1?, Brisbane, 20.x., 24.ix.1914, 17.x.1916 ( QM) ; 1♂, 4 km W Inglewood , 28.xi.1976, on Eucalyptus populnea (UQIC) ; 1♀, Cottonvale, 31.xii.1970, netted from Lomatia sp. ( QDPI) ; 1♂, Girraween Nat. Pk, 27.xi.1981 ( UQIC) . New South Wales: 2♀, Gilgal, xii.1911 ( ANIC) ; 1♀, Pilliga scrub, 48 km N Coonabarabran , 4.xii.1976, on Leptospermum (UQIC) ; 1♀, Dunns Swamp, nr Kandos, 12.xi.1982; 3♂, 5♀, Clarence, 2.i.1981, 30.xii.1982, 8.i.1983, 24.xii.1983, 20.i.1984, 23.i.1985; 1♂, Blue Mtns, i.1934 (all AM) ; 1♂, Leura, 20.i.1943 ( ANIC) ; 1♂, Sydney, no date ( NHM) ; 5♂, 1♀, 1? (no abdomen) Sydney, Bridwell collection, no date ( SCC, USNM) ; 1♂, Mittagong, 14.xii.1900, 17.xii.1927 ( ANIC, USNM) ; 1♂, Goulburn, 4.iii.1948; 1♂, Braidwood, 17.i.1934; 1♂, Angle Bend, 8.i.1938; 1♂, Mt Gladstone , nr Cooma, 1073 m, 30.i.1974 (all ANIC) . Australian Capital Territory: 1♀, Molonglo R., 35°22’S 149°21’E, 27.xii.1994 ( UQIC) ; 1♂, Black Mountain , 15.i.1934 ; 7♂, 1♀, Canberra, 30.xii.1947, 10.i.1948, 1.ii.1948, 17.xii.1954, 11.xii.1959; 2♂, Blundells, 19.i.1936, i.1937 (all ANIC) . Victoria: 1♂, Mallee, 5.x.1922 ( MVMA) ; 1♂, Bacchus Marsh, 2.i.1906 ( MVMA) ; 1♀, 10 mls NW Lindenow, 11.xii.1949 ( ANIC) .