Tachydromia sp.

Grootaert, Patrick, 2011, The Genus Tachydromia Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 63 (1), pp. 103-112 : 109

Tachydromia sp.

Fig. 4e,f

Material examined. NEW SOUTH WALES: 2♂♂, Port Macquarie Sea Acres NR; 10 m, subtropical rainforest, malaise trap, 10– 24.12.1999, G. Williams; AMS K258809 and K258729. 1♂, Dooragan NP, Nth Brother Mtn , 450 m, subtropical rainforest, malaise trap, 14– 28.02.1999, G. Williams; AMS K258845 . 1♂, Mt. Warning Nat. Pk. , 24.11.1985, D. Bickel & G. Cassis; AMS K258324 .

QUEENSLAND: 1♂, 28.204°S 153.129°E, Lamington NP, IBISCA Qld Plot # IQ-700-D, 780 m, rainforest, sticky trap 23121, 30.03.2007 – 2.04.2007, D. Bickel; AMS K258732 .

Remarks. These specimens are very similar to and indistinguishable externally from T. corticola n.sp. There are only slight differences in structure of the male terminalia, namely in the shape of right surstylus and left epandrial lamella ( Fig. 4d,e ). We prefer not to rank these specimens as a separate species until a longer series is available and the range of variability is clear.

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Fig. 4. Tachydromia corticola: (a) right