A new species of Anabarhynchus (Diptera: Therevidae) from an ocean beach in south east Victoria

Authors: Ferguson, David DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4016 Published: Jan. 1, 2014 Source: Biodiversity Data Journal OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Taxonomy · Topics: Fossil Insects in Amber, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and animal studies

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Anabarhynchus Macquart 1848 is a large genus of the Therevidae (Diptera) that are endemic to Australasia with a couple of described species from Melanesia. We describe and illustrate Anabarhynchus oceanus sp. n., a species found on ocean beaches in eastern Victoria, Australia. The species shares most characters with the monobasic A. kampmeierae species group of Lyneborg (2001), but also shares a unique feature of the male genitalia with the endemic New Zealand genus Megathereva Lyneborg, 1992. This new species brings the total number of described Australian species in the genus to 113.

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