Zootaxa 2581: 1–246 (2010) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2010 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) ZOOTAXA 2581 A taxonomic revision of Australian Conopidae (Insecta: Diptera) MARGARET A SCHNEIDER School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia. e-mail: [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by D. Bickel: 1 May 2010; published: 31 Aug. 2010 MARGARET A SCHNEIDER A taxonomic revision of Australian Conopidae (Insecta: Diptera) (Zootaxa 2581) 246 pp.; 30 cm. 31 Aug. 2010 ISBN 978-1-86977-557-5 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-558-2 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2010 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ © 2010 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 2581 © 2010 Magnolia Press SCHNEIDER Table of contents 1. Introduction . 5 1.1 Diagnosis of the Conopidae . 5 1.2 Current status of conopid taxonomy . 5 1.2.1 Subfamily classification. 5 1.2.2 Tribal classification . 7 1.2.3 Australian conopid taxonomy . 8 1.3 History of conopid systematics. 8 1.4 Fossil history. 11 1.5 Biology . 12 1.6 Aims of this study . 13 2. Materials and Methods. 14 2.1 Methods . 14 2.2 Definitions and terminology . 14 2.3 Abbreviations . 16 2.4 Format of descriptions . 16 3. Anatomy . 17 3.1 Head . 18 3.1.1 Antennae. 18 3.1.2 Mouthparts . 18 3.2 Thorax . 19 3.2.1 Chaetotaxy . 19 3.2.2 Wing . 20 3.2.3 Vestiture . 20 3.2.4 Legs . 20 3.3 Male postabdomen . 21 3.3.1 External anatomy . 21 3.3.2 Internal anatomy. 21 3.4 Female postabdomen. 21 3.4.1 External anatomy . 21 3.4.2 Ultrastructure of spicules . 22 3.4.3 Internal skeletal structures . 22 3.4.4 Spermathecae . 22 3.5 Intraspecific variation . 23 4. Alpha taxonomy . 23 4.1 Key to the subfamilies of extant Conopidae . 24 4.2 Myopinae . 24 4.2.1 Introduction . 24 4.2.2 Subfamily diagnosis . 24 4.2.3 Myopa Fabricius . 25 4.2.4 Thecophora Rondani . 25 4.3 Notoconopinae subfam. nov.. 26 4.3.1 Introduction . 26 4.3.2 Subfamily diagnosis . 27 4.3.3 Notoconops gen. nov. 27 4.4 Stylogasterinae . ..