Open Access<p><strong>New species of <em>Laxotela </em>Winterton & Irwin from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae)</strong></p>
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) - biology , incertae sedis , zoology , genus , key (lock) , humanities , ecology , art
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.