A blackish species.
Face dark green, base of antenna black, antennae blackish brown. AR = 3.08 - 3.63. Frontal tuburcles present, length about 20 microns.
Thorax greenish black, with black stripes, postnotum and sternopleuron.
Legs brown, darkened at knees, last tarsal segments black. Anterior basitarsus bearded. Ant LR = 1.35.
Wing length about 4.5 mm. 4-7 bristles on stem vein.
Leg proportions (microns):
|
|
Fe |
Ti |
Ta1 |
Ta2 |
Ta3 |
|
PI |
1475 |
1385 |
1920 |
1065 |
820 |
|
PII |
1575 |
1525 |
930 |
550 |
420 |
|
PIII |
1845 |
1915 |
1335 |
805 |
785 |
|
|
Ta4 |
Ta5 |
LR |
F/T |
BR |
|
PI |
870 |
405 |
1.36-1.41 |
1.06-1.07 |
3.8-4.9 |
|
PII |
270 |
205 |
0.59-0.63 |
1.01-1.05 |
|
|
PIII |
395 |
245 |
0.70 |
0.96-0.97 |
|
Male terminalia distinctive due to essentially spatula-like superior volsella. Inferior volsella with forked setae. About 13 - 14 bristles on 9th tergite.
Types:nbsp; Holotype male:Lake Edward (-37.63, 140.58), ASA.36.3, 30.viii.1973, (leg. Jon & C.J. Martin) reared adult with pupal and larval exuviae (♂3), slide mounted. Allotype female: Lake Edward, ASA.36.5, 19.viii.1975 (leg. Jon Martin & W. Canning) reared adult with pupal and larval exuviae (♀1), slide mounted. Paratypes: 1 reared male (♂2), 3 larvae, 1 with polytene chromosomes, all slide mounted, same data as Holotype male.
Holotype, allotype and paratypes will be lodged in the Australian National Insect Collection.
Found: South Australia - Lake Edward, w. Kalangadoo.