Psilota tristis Klocker. A 1924

Psilota tristis Klocker, 1924 (Species plate: Fig. 35; Map: Fig. 64B) Psilota tristis Klocker, 1924: 54. Type locality: Queensland, Australia Diagnosis: Face black, pale pollinose, with dark or pale pile. Frons and vertex black pilose. Thorax black. Thoracic pile variable in colour. Hind leg simple....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Young, Andrew D., Skevington, Jeffrey H., Steenis, Wouter Van
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Psilota
Psilota tristis
Queensland
Fuller
Brisbane
Lookout
Belcher
Stirling
Hassel
Moffat
Blue Mountains
Hornsby
Lansdowne
Black Face
Mount Hassel
Mount Moffat
Warren River
Advent Bay
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/3671039
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3671039
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Summary:Psilota tristis Klocker, 1924 (Species plate: Fig. 35; Map: Fig. 64B) Psilota tristis Klocker, 1924: 54. Type locality: Queensland, Australia Diagnosis: Face black, pale pollinose, with dark or pale pile. Frons and vertex black pilose. Thorax black. Thoracic pile variable in colour. Hind leg simple. Calypter variable in colour. Halter variable in colour. Abdomen black. Tergite pile variable in colour. Body length: 7.0– 14.1 mm. Description: MALE: Head: Head black, face pale pollinose. Face dark or pale pilose, frons and vertex black pilose. Antenna orange to dark brown. Postpedicel variable in shape. Eye densely brown pilose. Thorax: Thorax black. Legs mostly orange to entirely dark brown. Hind femur simple. Hind tibia simple. Pleuron densely grey pollinose to bare and shining. Pile pleuron variable in colour. Pile on scutum and scutellum variable in colour, but always at least partly black on scutellum (male only). Wing colourless. Wing microtrichia variable. Alula completely microtrichose. Halter variable in colour. Calypter variable in colour. Abdomen: Abdomen black. Pilosity of tergites variable in colour. Sternites black, with variably coloured pilosity. Genitalia: variable (see below). FEMALE: Identical except for normal sexual dimorphism. Specimens examined: AUSTRALIA: Australian Capital Territory: Bendora, -35.221814 149.169528, 13.ii.1952, S.J. Paramonov, ANIC29034513 (1♀, ANIC) Black Mountain, -35.266303 149.095464, 24.x.1977; 13.iii.1961; 13.x.1965; 15.xii.1963; 21.ii.1966; 18.i.1966; 21.xii.1962; 26.xi.1959; 28.x.1966; 30.x.1962; 30.x.1964; 30.x.1969; xii.1987, Z. Liepa; I.F.B. Common; M. Irwin, Malaise trap; light trap, ANIC29034495; ANIC29034540; ANIC29034868; ANIC29034518; ANIC29034932; ANIC29034867; ANIC29034517; ANIC29034545; ANIC29034551; ANIC29034520-29034521; ANIC29034534; ANIC29034476; ANIC29035781 (7♂♂, 7♀♀, ANIC); Blundell’s [Cabin], -35.292886 149.141800, 25.xii.1937; 11.x.1950; 24.x.1950, M. Fuller; Paramonov, ANIC29034811; ANIC29034496; ANIC29034467; ANIC29034444; USNM _ ENT249831-32 ...

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