Published March 10, 2006 | Version v1
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Australoechus molitor

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Description

Australoechus molitor (Wiedemann)

Bombylius molitor Wiedemann, 1830: 632.

Distribution. Namibia, South Africa (Northern & Western Cape).

Material examined. 1♂, Outjo, Hoas 273, SE1914Dc, 10–11.v.1973, H12862; 1♀, Okau, SE1817Aa, 12–16.xi.1970, H11097; 1♂, 10 km west of Usakos, 21°59’S 15°29’E, 24.iv.2002, F.W. & S.K. Gess, visiting yellow fls Oudetia linearis Benth., Asteraceae, 01/ 02/111 (AMGS); 2♂♂, Maltahöhe District, Sesriem 137: river, 24°31’S 15°44’E, 1.iv–23.vi.1995, E. Marais, pres. pitf. traps; 1♀, Lüderitz District, Klinghardt Mountains at: 27°21’13”S 15°42’54”E, 27.viii–4.ix.1998, E. Marais & A.H. Kirk­Spriggs, 10 yellow pans; 1♂, Klinghardtberge, Nomitas, 27°27’S 15°52’E, 31.viii.2002, F.W. & S.K. Gess, on sand, 02/03/25 (AMGS).

Notes

Published as part of Greathead, David J., 2006, New records of Namibian Bombyliidae (Diptera), with notes on some genera and descriptions of new species, pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 1149 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1149.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5058081

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wiedemann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Bombyliidae
Genus
Australoechus
Species
molitor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Australoechus molitor (Wiedemann, 1830) sec. Greathead, 2006