Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

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

Unknown

Citation

Schnitzler F-R 2016. Tachinidae of New Zealand. Genus Veluta
http://tachinidae.landcareresearch.co.nz
Accessed: 25 November 2024

Revised

v1.0. Schnitzler F-R. 2016