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Revision of the Hermetiinae of Australia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Author(s) -
Lessard Bryan D,
Yeates David K,
Woodley Norman E
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
austral entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2052-1758
pISSN - 2052-174X
DOI - 10.1111/aen.12333
Subject(s) - fauna , genus , key (lock) , subfamily , zoology , ecology , biology , geography , biochemistry , gene
A taxonomic treatment is provided for the Australian fauna of the soldier fly subfamily Hermetiinae, including a diagnosis of the subfamily based on the Australian fauna, a key to the two genera found in Australia, and a key to Australian species of Hermetia Latreille, 1804. The Australian fauna is illustrated and revised, including the redescription and selection of a lectotype for Hermetia pallidipes Hill, 1919, and description of the new species Hermetia hauseri Lessard & Woodley, sp. nov. and Hermetia olympiae Lessard & Woodley, sp. nov. A new monotypic genus, ApisomyIa Woodley & Lessard, gen. nov., is described, based on ApisomyIa bathae Woodley & Lessard, sp. nov. Six genera are now recognised in the Hermetiinae, with two genera and five species known from Australia. [Correction added on 31 January 2019: Genus “ Apisomya ” and type species “ Apisomya bathae ” have been corrected to “ Apisomyla ” and “ Apisomyla bathae ” respectively in the abstract.]