Australian Museum Journal Revision of the genus Apterodromia (Diptera: Empidoidea), with a redefinition of the tribe Ocydromiini
- Shortform:
- Sinclair and Cumming, 2000, Rec. Aust. Mus. 52(2): 161–186
- Author(s):
- Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, J. M.
- Year published:
- 2000
- Title:
- Revision of the genus Apterodromia (Diptera: Empidoidea), with a redefinition of the tribe Ocydromiini
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 161
- End page:
- 186
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.52.2000.1313
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 29 November 2000
- Cover date:
- 29 November 2000
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- INSECTA: DIPTERA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 29 November 2000
- Available online:
- 29 November 2000
- Reference number:
- 1313
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (10kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (494kb PDF)
Abstract
The Australian endemic genus Apterodromia Oldroyd (Diptera: Empidoidea) is revised and includes four apterous species (A. evansi Oldroyd, A. minuta n.sp, A. setosa n.sp., and A. tasmanica n.sp.) and eight fully winged species (A. aurea n.sp., A. bickeli n.sp., A. irrorata n.sp., A. monticola n.sp., A. pala n.sp., A. spilota n.sp., A. tonnoiri n.sp., and A. vespertina n.sp.). The male of A. evansi is described and zoogeographic patterns of the genus are discussed. On the basis of wing venation and male terminalia Apterodromia is transferred from the Tachydromiinae to the tribe Ocydromiini (subfamily Ocydromiinae). The Ocydromiini is redefined, two new genera (Neotrichina n.gen. and Leptodromia n.gen.) are described, and all included genera are listed. Keys to major lineages of Australian Empidoidea and Southern Hemisphere genera of Ocydromiini are provided. The following new combinations are listed: Hoplopeza tachydromiaeformis (Bezzi), Leptodromia bimaculata (Bezzi), Neotrichina abdominalis (Collin), N. digna (Collin), N. digressa (Collin), N. distincta (Collin), N. elegans (Bigot), N. fida (Collin), N. indiga (Collin), N. insignis (Collin), N. insons (Collin), N. laeta (Collin), N. media (Collin), and N. obscurata (Collin).