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The first Cordyla Meigen species (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from continental Australia and Tasmania

Author(s) -

Olavi Kurina,

Sarah Siqueira Oliveira

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.342.6045

Subject(s) - terminalia , biology , rainforest , species group , ecology , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , geography

A new species of Mycetophilidae, Cordyla australica sp. n., is described from continental Australia and Tasmania, representing the first Cordyla record in the region. A detailed description of its morphology with illustrations of male and female terminalia and a map of the collecting localities are provided. According to the structure of male terminalia, Cordyla australica sp. n. belongs to the Cordyla murina species-group that has 13 species worldwide. Within the group Cordyla australica sp. n. resembles Cordyla murina but has a unique outline of the hypoproct and medial branch of the gonostylus. The observed distributional pattern is restricted to the rainforest of eastern Australia and Tasmania.

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