| Austalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Eristalini |
| Subtribe: | Eristalina |
| Genus: | Austalis Thompson & Vockeroth, 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Eristalis resolutus Walker, 1858 | |
Austalis is a genus of Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
Formerly members of this genus were considered part of Eristalis though as rather a distinct group. They are very similar to Eristalinus, but Austalis is defined by having a postalar pile tuft but lacking the pile on posterior portions of the anepimeron and lacking the patterning on the eyes typical of Eristalinus. They also share a distinct metallic colouring. Little is known of their life histories but the adults have been recorded feeding at Eucalyptus flowers.
Systematics
List created by Thompson (2003) in defining the new genus.
- A. aequipars (Walker, 1864)
- A. bergi (Curran, 1947)
- A. caledonica (Bigot, 1884)
- A. calliphoroides (Shiraki, 1963)
- A. ciliata (Meijere, 1913)
- A. conjuncta (Ferguson, 1926)
- A. copiosa (Walker, 1852)
- A. cupreoides (Goot, 1964)
- A. erythropyga (Walker, 1864)
- A. inscripta (Doleschall, 1857)
- A. latilimbata (Meijere, 1913)
- A. lucilioides (Walker, 1861)
- A. luciliomima (Hull, 1944)
- A. muscoides (Walker, 1858)
- A. muscomima (Hull, 1944)
- A. postscripta (Walker, 1864)
- A. pulchella (Macquart, 1846)
- A. refulgens (Doleschall, 1858)
- A. resoluta (Walker, 1858)
- A. rhina Thompson, 2003
- A. rhynchops (Bezzi, 1928)
- A. roederi (Bergroth, 1894)
- A. smaradgi (Walker, 1849)
- A. triseriata (Meijere, 1913)
A further dozen species are known from the Oriental and Australasian regions but await formal description.
 | This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2009) |
References
- ^ Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (pdf Adobe/Acobat). Zootaxa. 246. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Austalis | |