Australian Museum Journal The Froggattimyia-Anagonia genus group (Diptera: Tachinidae)
- Shortform:
- Colless, 2012. Rec. Aust. Mus. 64(3): 167–211
- Author(s):
- Colless, Donald H.
- Year published:
- 2012
- Title:
- The Froggattimyia-Anagonia genus group (Diptera: Tachinidae)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 64
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 167
- End page:
- 211
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.64.2012.1590
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 12 December 2012
- Cover date:
- 12 December 2012
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- INSECTA: DIPTERA; TAXONOMY; BIOGEOGRAPHY
- Digitized:
- 12 December 2012
- Available online:
- 12 December 2012
- Reference number:
- 1590
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (255kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (3437kb PDF)
Abstract
The genera here reviewed have in common many morphological attributes, and in both, all species are parasites of the larvae of leaf-eating insects—pergid sawflies for Froggattimyia and chrysomelid or curculionid beetles for Anagonia. Perhaps significantly, the host larvae themselves show a degree of physical resemblance and all are charged strongly with eucalyptus oil from their foodstuffs. Twelve species are recognized in Froggattimyia, the following six are new: F. carnei, F. coracina, F. macdonaldi, F. woodorum, F. truncata, and F. vicina, one is near F. hirta and remains undescribed. Twenty-five species are recognized in Anagonia, the following sixteen are new: A. angustifrons, A. commoni, A. conformis, A. crosskeyi, A. dayi, A. errator, A. latistylus, A. loripes, A. minor, A. norrisi, A. perplexa, A. propinqua, A. similis, A. teratostylus, A. uptoni, and A. zentae; F. tillyardi Malloch is newly combined in Anagonia. Most species are so highly variable as to make a classification based on internal structure at best tentative.