New species of Laxotela Winterton &amp; Irwin from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae) | Zendy

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New species of Laxotela Winterton & Irwin from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae)

Author(s) -

Shaun L. Winterton

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

zootaxa

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 1175-5334

pISSN - 1175-5326

DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.1407.1.6

Subject(s) - incertae sedis , biology , zoology , key (lock) , genus , ecology

Two new species of the endemic Australian stiletto fly genus Laxotela Winterton & Irwin are described and figured. Laxotela elongata sp. nov. is described from Queensland while Laxotela plata sp. nov. is described from south-eastern mainland Australia. Laxotela ornata (Kröber) comb. nov. (originally Spatulipalpa Kröber) was recently placed as incertae sedis within Therevidae, but is herein transferred to Laxotela. A revised key to Laxotela species is presented.

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