Image of Parentia anomalicosta Bickel 1991

Description:

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, Auckland Central, Albert Park. Habitat: Active on a giant monocot (Doryanthes palmeri?) Common. Identification: Parentia anomalicosta Bickel, 1992. Male. ID based on the literature (Bickel, 1992), but note that figs. 6 and 10 therein are mismatched with their captions! REFERENCES Bickel, D.J. 1992 (imprint 1991): Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae. Fauna of New Zealand, (23) Extract and PDF