Revision of the Australian species of Hydropeza Sinclair (Diptera: Empididae: Ragadinae subfam. nov.)

  • Author
    Bradley J. Sinclair
  • Year
    2016
  • Journal
    Records of the Australian Museum
  • Publisher
    The Australian Museum

Abstract

Nine new species of Hydropeza Sinclair from Australia are described (H. angulata sp. nov. (N. Queensland), H. aptera sp. nov. (Tasmania), H. cornuta sp. nov. (Queensland), H. curvata sp. nov. (N. Queensland), H. divaricata sp. nov. (N. Queensland), H. intricata sp. nov. (N. Queensland), H. queenslandensis sp. nov. (N. Queensland), H. tasmanica sp. nov. (Tasmania), H. unguicula sp. nov. (Tasmania)). In Australia, Hydropeza is currently widely disjunct in distribution, known only from Tasmania and northern Queensland (Wet Tropics), absent from intervening regions despite extensive surveys of rocky streams and creeks. The male terminalia are illustrated, distributions mapped and a key to species is presented. The subfamily Ragadinae subfam. nov. is proposed for the Ragas-group of genera (Dipsomyia Bezzi, Hormopeza Zetterstedt, Hydropeza, Ragas Walker, Zanclotus Wilder). A revised phylogeny of the species of Hydropeza, including species from New Zealand and Chile, is presented and discussed.

 
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Short Form
Sinclair, 2016. Rec. Aust. Mus. 68(1): 1–22
Author
Bradley J. Sinclair
Year
2016
Title
Revision of the Australian species of Hydropeza Sinclair (Diptera: Empididae: Ragadinae subfam. nov.)
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
68
Issue
1
Start Page
1
End Page
22
DOI
10.3853/j.2201-4349.68.2016.1657
Language
en
Date Published
10 May 2016
Cover Date
10 May 2016
ISSN (online)
2201-4349
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
INSECTA: DIPTERA; TAXONOMY; BIOGEOGRAPHY
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10 May 2016
Available Online
11 May 2016
Reference Number
1657
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