Australian Museum Journal Australian Thaumaleidae (Insecta: Diptera)
- Shortform:
- Theischinger, 1986, Rec. Aust. Mus. 38(6): 291–317
- Author(s):
- Theischinger, G.
- Year published:
- 1986
- Title:
- Australian Thaumaleidae (Insecta: Diptera)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 38
- Issue:
- 6
- Start page:
- 291
- End page:
- 317
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.184
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 December 1986
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1986
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- INSECTA: DIPTERA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 19 June 2008
- Available online:
- 19 June 2008
- Reference number:
- 184
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (117kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (2725kb PDF)
Abstract
For the first time Thaumaleidae from Australia are named and classified. They are placed in two genera, Austrothaumalea Tonnoir and Niphta n. gen. The following new species are described: Austrothaumalea australis n. sp., A. barrydayi n. sp., A. capricornis n. sp., A. cervulus n. sp., A. commoni n. sp., A. denticulata n. sp., A. fusca n. sp., A. macalpinei n. sp., A. minnamurrae n. sp., A. similis n. sp., A. simplex n. sp., A. sinuosa n. sp., A. spinosa n. sp., A. tasmanica n. sp., A. tonnoiri n. sp., A. uptoni n. sp., A. victoriae n. sp., A. zentae n. sp., Niphta bickeli n. sp., N. collessi n. sp., N. farecta n. sp. A key is given to the males of all recognized Australian species and to the females so far as identifiable. New combinations are Niphta halteris (Edwards) and Niphta nudipennis (Edwards) from South America, both originally described under Austrothaumalea.