Austalis

Austalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eristalini
Subtribe:
Genus:	Austalis; Thompson & Vockeroth, 2003
Type species
	; 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.^[1]

Systematics[]

List created by Thompson (2003) in defining the new genus.^[1]

(Walker, 1864)
(Curran, 1947)
(Bigot, 1884)
(Shiraki, 1963)
(Meijere, 1913)
(Ferguson, 1926)
(Walker, 1852)
(Goot, 1964)
(Walker, 1864)
(Doleschall, 1857)
(Meijere, 1913)
(Walker, 1861)
(Hull, 1944)
(Walker, 1858)
(Hull, 1944)
(Walker, 1864)
(Macquart, 1846)
(Doleschall, 1858)
(Walker, 1858)
Thompson, 2003
(Bezzi, 1928)
(Bergroth, 1894)
(Walker, 1849)
(Meijere, 1913)

A further dozen species are known from the Oriental and Australasian regions but await formal description.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (pdf Adobe/Acobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 246: 1–19. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2011-01-28.

[Thompson2003-1] Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (pdf Adobe/Acobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 246: 1–19. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2011-01-28.

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