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Issue: Vol. 5570 No. 1: 16 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.1.9
Page range: 179-188
Abstract views: 76
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of a New Species of Robertsmyia Bee Fly (Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae) from the South Australian mallee

PO Box 487; Morgan; South Australia 5320; Australia
Department of Entomology; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
Diptera New species Riverland mallee South Australia Australia

Abstract

A new species, Robertsmyia aureola sp. nov., of Bombyliinae is added to the previously monotypic genus Robertsmyia Li & Yeates, 2018. Specimens of both sexes were collected in mallee habitat from the Riverland near Cadell and Waikerie, South Australia. The generic diagnosis of Robertsmyia is revised and a key to species of the genus is provided.

 

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