Australian Museum Journal Munburra, a new fly genus from tropical Australia (Empididae: Empidinae)
- Shortform:
- Bickel, 2006, Rec. Aust. Mus. 58(2): 129–132
- Author(s):
- Bickel, Daniel J.
- Year published:
- 2006
- Title:
- Munburra, a new fly genus from tropical Australia (Empididae: Empidinae)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 58
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 129
- End page:
- 132
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1455
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 14 June 2006
- Cover date:
- 14 June 2006
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- INSECTA: DIPTERA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 14 June 2006
- Available online:
- 14 June 2006
- Reference number:
- 1455
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (28kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (645kb PDF)
Abstract
Munburra bulbicornis n.gen and n.sp. (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) is described from the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. This monotypic genus is distinguished by a large, raised ocellar triangle with enlarged ocelli, and two distinctive male secondary sexual characters, a greatly swollen postpedicel, and a long dorsoapical seta on a narrow unswollen leg I first tarsomere. Although it clearly belongs in the Hilarini, its relationship with other members of the tribe is unclear.