TACHINIDAE: Tachininae: Proscissionini: Veluta Malloch, 1938
Veluta albicincta Malloch, 1938, orig. designation and monotypy [type according to Miller (1950) in USNM, type not found].
Diagnosis
Characteristics of Veluta include: 1.Body size 7 – 10mm; 2. Body dull; 3. Parafacials haired to lower level of eye; 4. Parafacial not wider than postpedicel at narrowest point; 5. Postpedicel about as long as pedicel; 6 Second aristal segment as long as wide; 7. Face concave and visible in profile; 8. Lower facial margin strongly protruding; 9. 2nd abdominal tergite with at least one pair of setae in front of apical setae.Distribution in NZ
South Island: FD, MB, MC NN, WD.
Species in New Zealand
Veluta albicincta Malloch, 1938.Biology and Hosts
UnknownCitation
Schnitzler F-R 2016. Tachinidae of New Zealand. Genus Velutahttp://tachinidae.landcareresearch.co.nz
Accessed: 28 April 2024