Physocephala nigrotestacea Macquart

Published, First, 2010, A taxonomic revision of Australian Conopidae (Insecta: Diptera) 2581, Zootaxa 2581, pp. 1-246 : 131

Physocephala nigrotestacea Macquart ( Figs 223–225, 228,229,232,287)

Conops nigrotestacea Macquart 1851: 135 (162); Kröber 1939b: 597

Conops emarginata Macquart 1851: 136 (163); Kröber 1939b: 597, 605

Conops sphegiformis Walker 1853: 256 ; Kröber 1939b: 597, 605; syn. nov.

Conops macer Bigot 1887: 44 ; Kröber 1939b: 597, 605-6; syn. nov.

Physocephala pallipes Kröber 1915b: 132 ; Kröber 1939b: 597, 605

Type material. Holotype (examined). ♀, L1: 1225; L2: pink above; underside [date]: 4 46; L3: Conops nigrotestacea Macq. n. sp. Tasm. ( NMNH).

Synonyms (examined):

Conops emarginata Macquart ♂, L1: pink above; underside [date]: 3 47; L2: Conops emarginata Macq. n. sp. Tasm. ( NMNH).

Conops sphegiformis Walker ♀, L1: P[ort] Phil [lip] Cott ???; L2: sphegiformis [? Walker hand writing]; L3: Saunders. 68-4.; L4: Type; L5: Conops sphegiformis Walk. [underside: identified as the type by E. A. Waterhouse.] ( NHM).

Conops macer Bigot ♀, L1: Type; L2: C. Macer ♀ Australie J. Bigot ( NHM).

Physocephala pallipes Kröber ♂, L1: Herberton Dodd. I. 1911. 3700 Ft; L2: Type; L3: coll. Lichtwardt; L4: Physocephala pallipes ♂ Kröb. O. Kröber det. 1914 ( DEI).

Additional material. Queensland: 1♀, 5 km S Coen , 6.xi.1978, on Eucalyptus confertiflora ; 1♀, Kuranda ( AM) ; 1♂, Herberton, 11.i.1911; 1♂, 32 km NW Cracow , 25°03’S 150°09’E, 4.xi. 1981, 190 m, on Eremophila mitchelli ; 3♀, Carnarvon Nat. Pk Mt Moffatt Section , 740 m 3 km SE Ranger Station, 25°04’39”S 148°00’30”E, 20.xi.1995 ; 1♀, Carnarvon Nat. Pk, Mt Moffatt Section , Base Chimneys, 25°06’08”S 147°52’01”E, 80 m, 21.xi.1995 (all UQIC) ; 2♀, 24 km NE Eidsvold , 25°09’S 151°11’E, 11.xi.1984, on Eucalyptus flowers ( ANIC) ; 1♀, 28 km NW Mundubbera , 11.iii.1976, on Eucalyptus sp .; 1♂, 6 km N Taroom , 25°36’S 149°46’E, 14.i.1991 ; 8♂, 6♀, Elanda Point, Lake Cootharaba , 26°14’S 153°00’E, 2.ii.1986 ; 1♂, Brisbane, iii.1962 (all UQIC) ; 1♂, Sunnybank, 23.ix.1929 ( QDPI) ; 1♂, Amiens, 4.xi.1965 ( UQIC) . New South Wales: 1♀, 10 km W Murwillumbah , 25–27.ix.1981 ( AM) ; 1♂, 1♀, Wilson’s Downfall, 15– 19.xii.1969 ( UQIC) ; 1♀, Mittagong, 17.xii.1927 ( ANIC) . Australian Capital Territory: 1♀, Cotter R., 24.xi.1948 ( ANIC) . Victoria: 1♂, Cann R., xi.1928 ( MVMA) . Western Australia: 1♀, King’s Park, Perth, 15.i.1934 ( ANIC) . Northern Territory: 1♂, Magella Ck, Kakadu Nat. Pk, 26.iii.1980 ( ANIC) ; 1♀, Manton R. Crossing, 12°50’S 131°08’E, 17.i.1996; 1♀, Manton Dam, 12°52’S 131°07’E; 1♂, 1♀, nr Umbrawarra Gorge, 27 km SW of Pine Ck , 13°57’S 131°41’E (all UQIC) .