taxonID	type	description	language	source
0386879AFFC7EE58FE7CF9F5FB52FC72.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Small to large flies (length 5 – 16 mm), usually slender, dull yellowish brown or metallic purplish or greenish blue (Figs 3 – 14). Head large, wider than thorax, separated from thorax by the well-developed, anteriorly produced antepronotum; occiput strongly concave; eyes usually superficially appearing as bare, with short, relatively sparse hair-like setae visible under higher magnification, occasionally dense, holoptic or narrowly dichoptic in males, dichoptic in females, ommatidia slightly wider anteriorly, with or without distinct demarcation of change in dorsoventral size; ocellar triangle prominent. Males with upper frons narrow, triangular; lower frons diverging or converging ventrally at margins, occasionally bulbous and anteriorly produced; females with narrow to wide frons (index 1.4 – 4.8), margins parallel-sided or converging ventrally. Face narrow to wide, rounded and not visible in profile, or with a small, anteroventrally produced, beak-like protuberance that is narrowly visible in profile, usually with a well-defined horizontal impression separating face from ventrally receding oral margins, with two distinct, tentorial pits visible at lateral margins below horizontal impression. Antennae inserted below middle of head, short (equal to length of head) or long (exceeding length of head), scape cylindrical and apically expanded, pedicel sometimes expanded apically on inner surface, flagellum with five flagellomeres, first four flagellomeres compact, rounded and laterally compressed to form an ovoid basal complex, apical margin usually with short, dense, hair-like setae, apical flagellomere aristate, arising anterodorsally from basal complex, usually with two prominent, moderately long, basal hair-like setae. Palpi short, two-segmented, second segment ovoid, often obscured within oral cavity. Proboscis short, labella fleshy. Scutum elongate and slender, about 1.1 – 1.2 times as long as wide, cuticular surface convex, shining, yellowish brown or strongly metallic bluish purple or greenish, hair-like setae usually dense; scutellum slightly raised or in same plane as scutum, short, about 0.4 – 0.5 times as long as wide, rounded to almost triangular, posteromedially pointed, unarmed, with hair-like setae; mediotergite well-developed, rounded, subshining, visible in both dorsal and lateral views, usually with some hair-like setae. Legs slender, without significant modification. Wings usually hyaline, occasionally infuscated with brown, set with microtrichia; R 2 + 3 arising proximal or distal to r-m; R 4 always present; four medial veins strong or faint, terminating before or reaching margin, and issued from discal cell, m-cu usually connected to M 4 and separated from discal cell by dM 3 + 4, occasionally connected to discal cell; post-tegula present, with small dorsal tuft of hair-like setae; lower calypter with or without small membranous strap-like lobe at base of wings. Abdomen yellowish brown or metallic bluish purple or green, ovoid (about 1.2 – 1.4 times as long as wide) or elongate and slender (about 2 – 3 times as long as wide), with 5 large, well-defined tergites, usually with dense hair-like setae. Females with two segmented cerci.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC7EE58FE7CF9F5FB52FC72.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Closely related to the Hermetiinae and Chrysochlorininae, sharing the posterior surface of the head being concave, elongation of the antepronotum, and unarmed scutellum, but distinguished by the combination of the following characters: antennae with five flagellomeres, the apical flagellomere being aristate; wings with M 4 issued separately from discal cell by having m-cu connected to M 4. Included genera. There are currently five Sarginae genera recognized from Australia: Ptecticus Loew, 1855 (cosmopolitan), Sargus Fabricius, 1798 (cosmopolitan), and the newly recorded genera Formosargus James, 1939 (also Oriental), Cephalochrysa Kertész, 1912 (cosmopolitan) and Microchrysa Loew, 1855 (cosmopolitan) (Woodley, 2001). Australian distribution of Sarginae. New South Wales, northern NT and Queensland (Fig. 2).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5FFAABFCCCFD38F81C.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5FFAABFCCCFD38F81C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Moderately sized (length 7 mm), metallic purplish blue flies, with the occiput well-developed dorsally in females, and ocelli in the form of an equilateral triangle. Regarding the Australian fauna, it is most similar to Microchrysa, but can be distinguished by the: larger size; head dorsoventrally compressed in anterior view, about 0.6 times as high as wide; lower frons with a distinct triangular callus diverging ventrally towards base of antennae; basal complex of antennal flagellum somewhat large; and more strongly developed veins M 2, M 3, and M 4.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5FFAABFCCCFD38F81C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Bathurst Island, NT, new distribution (Fig. 2).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5FFAABFCCCFD38F81C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Sargus gselli Hill, 1919 is congeneric with Cephalochrysa, sharing the following: head being much wider than high, ocelli forming an equilateral triangle and occiput without a posteriorly projecting fringe of hair-like setae. The general appearance of S. gselli is extremely similar to other species of Cephalochrysa known from Pacific islands, as well as the type species. Therefore, we transfer this species from its previous position in Sargus to become Cephalochrysa gselli (Hill, 1919) comb. nov., the first record of Cephalochrysa from Australia. Catalogue of Australian species Genus Cephalochrysa Kertész, 1912 gselli (Hill, 1919) comb. nov. NT.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5FF9F5FCCCFC12F9B7.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5FF9F5FCCCFC12F9B7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Small (length 5 – 7 mm), yellowish brown species, similar to Ptecticus, but distinguished by the: frons wide and almost parallel in females; face slightly anteroventrally produced to form a small beak-like protuberance that is visible in profile; scutum with a distinct black medial stripe; wings with vein M 1 and M 3 extremely weak and nearly unpigmented between cells br and bm; M 1 and M 3 very weakly developed; M 4 issued from discal cell (i. e. dM 3 + 4 absent); alula reduced, almost linear; and lower calypter linear, without projecting process.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5FF9F5FCCCFC12F9B7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Regarding the New Guinean fauna, Chrysochlora lineata de Meijere, 1913, is congeneric with Formosargus, sharing the characters noted above in the diagnosis. Therefore, we propose moving the species into the latter genus, to become Formosargus lineata (de Meijere, 1913) new combination.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5FF9F5FCCCFC12F9B7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Northern Queensland, new distribution record (Fig. 2).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5CF9DFF9ACFD29FAA7.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5CF9DFF9ACFD29FAA7.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀, “ Middle Claudie R. / Iron Range N. Qld / 12 Oct. 1974 / G. Daniels ”; “ HOLOTYPE ♀ / Formosargus melanogrammus / Lessard & Woodley, 2020 ” AMS K. 478681. The specimen is in excellent condition. Paratype ♀, same data as holotype: “ PARATYPE ♀ / Formosargus melanogrammus / Lessard & Woodley, 2020 ” AMS K. 478682. The specimen is in excellent condition.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5CF9DFF9ACFD29FAA7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A small (length 5 – 7 mm), pale yellowish brown species, with frons wide, parallel-sided, upper half black and lower half pale yellowish cream in the females, and thorax with a distinct dark brownish black medial stripe. It can be distinguished from Formosargus kerteszi James, 1939, by the wings with R 2 + 3 arising directly in line with crossvein r-m (distinctly proximal in F. kerteszi), antennal flagellum with a more rounded apical margin of the basal complex and larger fourth flagellomere, scutum and scutellum with a relatively weakly defined black medial stripe (sharply delineated in F. kerteszi), and entirely yellowish pleura (a black spot is present on the anepisternum near the notopleural suture in F. kerteszi). Formosargus melanogrammus is extremely similar to F. lineata, differing mainly by having the scutal vitta widened posteriorly and occupying more than one-third of the width of the scutellum (narrower and more sharply defined in F. lineata, occupying one-fourth or less of the width of the scutellum). Regarding the Australian sargines, it could possibly be confused with Ptecticus, but can be readily distinguished by the generic characters.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5CF9DFF9ACFD29FAA7.taxon	description	Description. Male. Unknown. Female. Length 5 – 7 mm. Head. Rectangular in dorsal view, about 0.4 times as long as wide. Eyes dichoptic, ommatidia uniform in size. Frons wide (index 1.4 – 1.5), margins parallel-sided, cuticular surface shining, upper half black, slightly raised medially with a linear pale yellowish marking, bare, with moderately long, dense, hair-like setae at lateral margins, lower half pale yellowish cream, cuticular surface relatively convex, bare; ocellar tubercle black, ocelli in the form of an equilateral triangle, hair-like setae moderately long and dense, golden yellow. Occiput not visible in lateral view, occipital plate covered in moderately long, dense, golden yellow hair-like setae. Face with cuticular surface shining, with some sparse, moderately long, hair-like setae at lower margins, oral margin with dense, relatively short, golden yellow hair-like setae. Antennae long, scape + pedicel + flagellum about 1.6 times as long as head, pedicel about 0.4 times as long as scape at outer surface, apically expanded and evenly rounded on inner surface, both segments pale yellow, with short, golden brown hair-like setae; flagellum about 1.8 times as long as scape + pedicel, basal complex yellow, apical margin covered with short, relatively dense, yellowish hair-like setae, apical flagellomere long, about 3 times as long as scape + pedicel. Palpi yellow, with tomentum. Proboscis yellowish, with moderately long, dense, yellowish hair-like setae. Thorax. Scutum pale yellowish brown, with a distinct dark brownish black medial line, hair-like setae moderately long, dense, erect, golden yellow, becoming darker brown dorsomedially; scutellum in same plane as scutum, dark brownish black on more than medial third, pale yellowish brown at lateral margins, hair-like setae moderately long, brown, more yellowish at margins; mediotergite same colour as scutum, with relatively long, erect, golden hair-like setae; pleura pale yellow, shining, hair-like setae relatively long, sparse, golden yellow. Legs pale yellow with yellowish hair-like setae. Wings hyaline; discal cell elongate, about 1.5 times as long as wide; all four medial veins issued from discal cell, terminating just before margin; CuA curved; alula about 6 times as long as wide, surface bare of microtrichia, marginal hair-like setae about equal to width of alula; posttegula with small dorsal tuft of dense, orangey yellow hair-like setae. Abdomen. Elongate ovoid, about 1.2 times as long as wide, widest at tergite 4, yellowish brown, with darker brown infuscation becoming more prominent from tergites 3 onwards, hair-like setae relative long, dense, appressed golden yellow, becoming longer and more erect at lateral margins. Sternites pale yellowish brown, hair-like setae relatively long, appressed, golden yellow. Terminalia cuticular surface and hair-like setae yellowish brown, cerci with both segments about equal in length, second segment parallel-sided and tapering apically.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5CF9DFF9ACFD29FAA7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality of Kutini- Payamu (Iron Range) NP, northern Qld (Fig. 2).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5CF9DFF9ACFD29FAA7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This specific name is derived from the Greek, melan, black, and gramme, line, referring to the distinctive black medial stripe on the scutum.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC1EE5CF9DFF9ACFD29FAA7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The face is slightly anteroventrally produced to form a beak-like protuberance, similar to Hermetia Latreille, 1804, but not as distinct. This species is very similar to F. lineata (New Guinea), differing mainly in the form of the thoracic vitta. Unfortunately, the wings in the holotype female of F. lineata are mostly destroyed, so comparisons of wing characters cannot be made. Also, only females are known for both species so male terminalia characters are also unavailable. One additional specimen from the Mt Lamond track (♀, “ beginning of Mt Lamond track / Iron Range Nat. Park, Qld / 12 ° 43 ' 34 " S 143 ° 17 ' 06 " E / 3 Jan 1996 20 m / G. and A. Daniels ” AMS K. 478680) most likely represents an undescribed species as it is larger in size (length 7 mm), and has an incomplete thoracic vitta that is mostly absent anterior to the transverse suture, and abdomen with more defined, almost black markings predominantly on tergites 2 and 3.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE5CFAB6FA8BFABBFE73.taxon	description	Figs 5, 6	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE5CFAB6FA8BFABBFE73.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Small (length 5.0 – 5.5 mm), partially metallic, sexually dimorphic species, usually with the females having a dark, metallic, concolorous thorax and abdomen, and the males having a pale yellowish abdomen, contrasting with the darker metallic thorax. Most similar to Cephalochrysa, but distinguished by the: smaller size; head more rounded in anterior view, about 0.75 times as high as wide; lower frons without distinct triangular callus; and wings with cell r 1 stained yellow and all four medial veins faint.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE5CFAB6FA8BFABBFE73.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Only two species are recorded from the Australian-Oceanian Region: M. bipars (Walker, 1861) [holotype in BMNH, destroyed], from Indonesia (Maluku), and M. flaviventris (Wiedemann, 1824) [syntype in UZMC], from Belau, Guam, Indonesia (Papua), Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and widespread in the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions, and recently introduced into the United States of America (Woodley, 2001, 2009).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE5CFAB6FA8BFABBFE73.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ranging from far northern Qld to the central coast of NSW, and northern NT (including Rimbija Island), new distribution record. See Remarks section of Microchrysa wrightae Lessard & Woodley, sp. nov.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE51F9CCFDC1FBB7FBB5.taxon	description	Figs 5, 6	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE51F9CCFDC1FBB7FBB5.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♂, “ Ingham, Qld. / Light Trap / 15 Mar. 1961 / K. I. Harley ”; “ HOLOTYPE ♂ / Microchrysa wrightae / Lessard & Woodley, 2020 ” ANIC 29 - 037422. The specimen is in excellent condition. Paratypes 13 ♀♀ [ANIC 29 - 037423, 29 - 059047 to 29 - 059057, 29 - 059077], same data as holotype: “ PARATYPE ♀ / Microchrysa wrightae / Lessard & Woodley, 2020 ”; ANIC 29 - 059047, 29 - 059048 and 29 - 059052 collected 21 Mar.; ANIC 29 - 059049 and 29 - 059057 collected by R. Straatman on 20 and 27 Apr., respectively. 16 ♂♂ [ANIC 29 - 059032 to 29 - 059046, 29 - 037462], same data as holotype: “ PARATYPE ♂ / Microchrysa wrightae / Lessard & Woodley, 2020 ”; ANIC 29 - 059039 collected 5 – 12 Feb. 1963; ANIC 29 - 059040 and 29 - 059042 collected 21 Mar.; ANIC 29 - 059046 collected 27 Apr. by R. Straatman. Other material examined: Qld: 1 ♂ [ANIC 29 - 059058], 1 ♀ [ANIC 29 - 059059], 17.17 S 145.34 E, Curtain Fig, Feb 1988, D. C. F. Rentz; 1 ♂ [ANIC 29 - 059060], 2 ♀♀ [ANIC 29 - 059061, 29 - 059062], Mt. Bartle Frere (East Base), 80 ft, 25 Apr. 1955, Norris & Common; 1 ♂ [AMS K. 453229], Whitfield Range, near Cairns, 3 April 1975, M. S. Moulds; 3 ♂♂ [ANIC 29 - 059065, 29 - 059066, 29 - 059068], Ayr, 12 - 10 - 1950, E. F. Riek; 1 ♂ [ANIC 29 - 059067], same data as previous, 11 - 10 - 1950; 1 ♀ [ANIC 29 - 059070], same data as previous, 4 - 9 - 1950; 1 ♀ [ANIC 29 - 059072], same data as previous, 12 - 10 - 1950; 2 ♀♀ [ANIC 29 - 059069, 29 - 059071], Ayr, 30. ix. 1960, R. Hughes; 3 ♂♂ [AMS K. 453218 – K. 453220], 2 ♀♀ [AMS K. 453216, K. 453217], 15.50 S 145.20 E, 3 km N of Bloomfield, 21 Sep 1992, at light, P. Zborowski & L Miller; 1 ♂ [ANIC 29 - 059073], 3 mls W of Mossman, 13 Mar 1964, I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton; 1 ♀ [AMS K. 453224], Windsor Tableland, NW of Mossman, 810 m, 16 ° 12 ' 51 " S 145 ° 0.4 ' 09 " E, 4 Jan 1994, site 1, G. & A. Daniels, R. Eastwood mv lamp; D. H. Colless, at light: 1 ♀ [ANIC 29 - 059063], 15.04 S 145.145.07 E, Mt Webb Nat Pk, 29 Apr 1981; 1 ♀ [ANIC 29 - 059064], 15.03 S 145.09 E, 3 km NE of Mt Webb, 1 May 1981; 1 ♂ [ANIC 29 - 059074], 12 km SE of Daintree, 22 Nov 1981; 2 ♂♂ [ANIC 29 - 059075, 29 - 059076], 17.20 S 145.31 E, Wongabel State Forest, nrAtherton, 18 Nov. 1981; 2 ♂♂ [ANIC 29 - 059078, 29 - 059079], 15.50 S 145.20 E, Gap Ck, 5 km ESE Mt Finnigan, 14 May 1981; 1 ♂ [ANIC 29 - 059080], 15.29 S 145.16 E, Mt Cook Nat Park, 10 May 1981; 1 ♂ [ANIC 29 - 059082], 16.30 S 145.00 E, McLeod R., 14 km W by N of Mt. Carbine, 23 Nov 1981; 1 ♀ [ANIC 29 - 059081], 15.49 S 145.14 E, Little Forks Annan River, 18 Oct 1980, D. H. Colless, Malaise trap.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE51F9CCFDC1FBB7FBB5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A small (length 5.0 – 5.5 mm) species, with metallic golden or purplish green thorax, pale yellow legs with a dark brown marking on the apical half of the hind tibiae, and antennae and palpi yellow in males, darker brown in females. This species can be distinguished from M. flaviventris by the abdomen without green colouration in males (tergite 5 with green colouration in M. flaviventris), and both sexes with anterior portion of discal cell between r-m and M 1 well developed and distinctly visible (faint in M. flaviventris; Woodley 2009), and hind femora entirely yellow (marked with dark brown apically in M. flaviventris), and the male terminalia with the posterior margin of the synsternite with a bilobed process with the lobes narrowly separated (deeply emarginate in M. flaviventris; Nagatomi 1975: fig. 4 B).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE51F9CCFDC1FBB7FBB5.taxon	description	Description. Male. Length 5.0 – 5.5 mm. Head. Eyes holoptic, contiguous about one-third the length of frons from vertex, with distinct demarcation of change in size of ommatidia just above antennae. Upper frons blackish, bare, lower frons diverging ventrally at margins, with a distinct linear impression, cuticular surface subshining, upper half pale brown, lower half black, hair-like setae relatively short, dense, golden; ocellar tubercle relatively bulging at each ocellus, ocelli almost in the shape of an equilateral triangle, slightly elongated anteriorly, black with reflections of green, hair-like setae relatively short, yellowish. Occiput not visible in lateral view, occipital plate relatively bare, with short, yellowish hair-like setae limited to lateral margins. Face wide, narrowly visible in profile, shining metallic green and gold, hair-like setae relatively short, dense, golden yellow. Antennae relatively s, scape + pedicel + flagellum about equal to length of head, scape about equal to length of pedicel, pedicel slightly expanded and curved gently apically on inner surface, both segments pale yellow, flagellum basal complex yellow, with small, irregular, circular presumably sensory pits, apical margin with short, golden hair-like setae, apical flagellomere yellowish brown, about 1.7 times as long as scape + pedicel. Palpi very short, yellow, with short, yellowish hair-like setae. Proboscis yellowish, with short, yellowish hair-like setae. Thorax. Scutum shining metallic golden green, occasionally with purplish reflections, with relatively short, dense, appressed, golden hair-like setae; scutellum slightly raised relative to scutum, same colour as scutum, with relatively short, dense, golden hair-like setae; mediotergite same colour as scutum, with a few moderately long, golden hair-like setae; pleura brownish with reflections of green to gold, with a prominent, narrow, whitish horizontal strip encompassing postpronotal lobe and upper margin of anepisternum, hair-like setae pale yellow to whitish. Legs with pale yellow coxae, femora, tibiae and tarsi, brown on apical half of hind tibiae, hair-like setae pale yellowish on all segments. Wings hyaline; cell r 1 stained entirely pale yellow; R 2 + 3 arising distal to r-m, exceeding length of discal cell; discal cell small, slightly elongate, about 1.3 times as long as wide; all medial veins terminating before reaching margin, M 1 and M 3 the weakest, both occasionally reduced to appendices or appearing as absent, M 4 issued separately from discal cell by dM 3 + 4; CuA relatively straight, curving at extreme end toward margin, petiole vein CuA + CuP short; alula large, slightly expanded and relatively pointed apically, surface without microtrichia; post-tegula yellowish, with yellowish hair-like setae; lower calypter with small straplike lobe present, hair-like setae dense, relatively long, pale golden yellow. Abdomen. Ovoid, about 1.2 – 1.4 times as long as wide, tergites 3 – 5 relatively quadrate, widest at tergite 5, cuticular surface pale yellow, contrasting with golden green thorax, hair-like setae short, dense, appressed, brown, becoming more yellow and erect at lateral margins, most obvious on tergites 2, 3 and apical margins of tergite 6. Sternites pale yellow, hair-like setae short, dense, appressed and entirely golden yellow. Terminalia yellowish brown: gonostyli semitriangular, relatively acutely pointed posterolaterally, with a depressed groove at centre, hair-like setae relatively long, dense, brownish; gonocoxites nearly quadrate, evenly tapered anteriorly, posterior margin of genital capsule emarginate with a pair of rounded sublateral processes separated by a deep, quite narrow emargination, gonocoxal apodemes relatively short, not reaching anterior margin, anteriorly pointed; epandrium relatively short, anterior margins blunt, rounded laterally, proctiger wider than long, semi-triangular, cerci longer than wide, rounded at tip, exceeding length of proctiger, hair-like setae long, dense, brownish. Female. Length 5.0 – 5.5 mm. Similar to males, but slightly more bluish purple in colouration on the thorax and the abdomen, abdomen is concolorous with the scutum. Eyes with ommatidia of uniform size, with extremely sparse, short, whitish hair-like setae. Frons wide (index 1.4 – 1.5), with a strong medial impression, margins converging ventrally, shining metallic purplish to aqua blue, with relatively sparse, short, dull yellowish white setae, lower frons with a pale yellowish brown horizontal band. Occiput well developed, shining metallic purplish to aqua blue, dorsal half visible in lateral view. Antennae darker yellowish brown. Palpi dark brown. Abdomen with tergites blackish with strong reflections of green to purplish blue, concolorous with thorax, lateral hair-like setae whitish; sternites dark brown to black, with subtle bluish reflections, hair-like setae whitish.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE51F9CCFDC1FBB7FBB5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Northern Qld (Fig. 2).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE51F9CCFDC1FBB7FBB5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This specific name is in honour of Susan Wright, Collection Manager of Entomology, QM, for assistance and access to the collection.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFC2EE51F9CCFDC1FBB7FBB5.taxon	discussion	Remarks. At least four undescribed species of Microchrysa are known in collections from: (a) Pine Creek and Curtain Fig, Qld [ANIC 29 - 059299 to 29 - 059301]; (b) Townsville to Brisbane, Qld [7 ♂♂ ANIC 29 - 059289, 29 - 059290, 29 - 059291, 29 - 059292, 29 - 059293, 29 - 059295, 29 - 059298; 3 ♀♀ ANIC 29 - 059291, 29 - 059294, 29 - 059295; 1 ♀ AMS K. 453226, 3 ♂♂ AMS K. 453230 – K. 453232; 1 ♀ USNM; 2 ♂♂ QM] and Carnarvon Golf Club, NSW [9 ♀♀ AMS K. 478683 – K. 478691]; (c) Davies Creek, Qld, [N. E. Woodley Collection donated to USNM]; and (d) Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park [AMS K. 453227, K. 453225]. Material is also known from Berry Springs, Larrakeyah, Casuarina Point, Black Point, and Rimbija Islands, NT, that superficially resemble M. wrightae. Although little is known regarding the biology of the Australian sargine fauna, this genus appears to be associated with vegetation, based on collection labels of specimens belonging to three undescribed species: two specimens from Brisbane (AMS K. 453231, K. 453232) were collected from leaves of Physallis peruviana (Solanaceae); a series of females from Carnarvon Golf Club, NSW (AMS K. 478683 – K. 478691) were collected from a woodchip pile, and; a female from Snake Bay (presumably NT; ANIC 29 - 059096) and male from Melville Island (NT, ANIC 29 - 059101) were collected from the native shrub Opilia amentacea (Opiliaceae).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCFEE56F9CEFB86FB0AF93B.taxon	description	Figs 7 – 10	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCFEE56F9CEFB86FB0AF93B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Medium to large (length 8 – 16 mm), slender, yellow to orange brown flies, similar to Sargus, but distinguished by the: antennal scape strongly, more or less triangularly produced into flagellar complex on inner side (e. g., Fig. 10 d); wings with R 2 + 3 arising proximal to r-m; lower calypter without strap-like lobe; and usually not strongly metallic in colouration (only one species, Ptecticus longipes (Walker, 1861), new record, is semi-metallic: Figs 7, 8). Regarding the Australian fauna, the genus is most similar to Formosargus, but can be distinguished by the: upper frons converging ventrally in females; face evenly rounded in profile view; wings with M 1 and M 3 well developed, M 4 separated from discal cell at least slightly; and alula large and apically expanded.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCFEE56F9CEFB86FB0AF93B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Northern Queensland (Fig. 2).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCFEE56F9CEFB86FB0AF93B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Rozkošný & de Jong (2003) synonymized the species proposed by Daniels (1979): Ptecticus albitarsus Daniels, 1979: 574 (= quadrifasciatus Walker, 1860), Ptecticus amplior Daniels, 1979: 581 (= complens Walker, 1858) and P. queenslandicus (= rogans Walker, 1858; Daniels, 1979: 580). Here we present the first Australian records for P. longipes (previously recorded from Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands) from a series of specimens collected from King Park, Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) NP, Qld (males and females AMS K. 453305 – K. 453309). This is the only Australian species exhibiting semi-metallic colouration, having a deep milky blue thorax and abdomen. It is likely to be confused with Sargus, but can be readily distinguished based on the generic characters. Little is known regarding the biology of the Australian species, however, Woodley (2001) noted that some species were associated with fallen fruits in the forests of Panama, and decaying piles of grass and compost heaps in the United States of America. Catalogue of Australian species Genus Ptecticus Loew, 1855 complens (Walker, 1858). Australasian: Australia (Qld), Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea). Oriental: Indonesia (Sulawesi), Philippines.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCBEE4AFB4BF9FFFA8DF936.taxon	description	Figs 11 – 15	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCBEE4AFB4BF9FFFA8DF936.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Small to medium sized (length 6 – 12 mm), slender, elongate species, with strong metallic colouration and occiput with a prominent fringe of posteriorly directed hair-like setae. Similar to Ptecticus, but distinguished by the: anterior ocellus farther from posterior ocelli than they are from each other, forming an elongated triangle; wings with vein R 2 + 3 arising distal to r-m; lower calypter with strap-like lobe present; and strong metallic colouration.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCBEE4AFB4BF9FFFA8DF936.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Far northern Qld to central coast of NSW (Fig. 2).	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCBEE4AFB4BF9FFFA8DF936.taxon	discussion	Remarks. With the transfer of C. gselli from Sargus to Cephalochrysa, there are now three recognized species of Sargus from Australia. According to White (1916), Sargus was previously unrecorded from Australia at the time, with Sargus meridionalis White, 1916 being the first species recognized from the continent. This was reinforced by Hill (1919: 460) in his description of S. gselli (= C. gselli), stating that Sargus “ has been known in Australia by only one described species, S. meridionalis White. There are one or two additional species … from North Queensland (Kuranda) ”. Hardy (1932) later described the second species in the genus from Australia, Sargus darius Hardy, 1932, including a paratype from Kuranda, which is presumably the additional species referred to by Hill. It is possible that species names applied to the Australian fauna are erroneous, such as Sargus mactans Walker, 1859 (originally described from Indonesia), which has been used for specimens from Queensland. In a review of the Oriental Stratiomyidae, Brunetti (1923: 157) identified specimens of S. mactans deposited in the BMNH from “ North Queensland ”. This Australian record was adopted by some workers (Hauser & Rozkošný, 1999: 13; Woodley, 2001: 226), however, S. mactans was not acknowledged by Hardy (1932) and the name has not been applied to material deposited in most Australian collections. Moreover, it seems unlikely that the southeast Asian fauna have travelled east of the Wallace Line. The identify of S. mactans from Australia has been made further complicated by the damaged type specimen from the BMNH (head and left with missing; Fig. 11), in addition to the lack of available key to species and authoritatively identified collection specimens. Therefore, we tentatively retain S. mactans as part of the Australian fauna until a much needed species-level revision can be completed for Sargus from the Oriental and Australian regions.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCBEE4AFB4BF9FFFA8DF936.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. According to James (1960), adults from the Nearctic are commonly found flying near or resting on leaves in sunlight, and visiting flowers such as Sedum (stonecrop, Crassulaceae), Isocoma vernonoides (goldenbush, Asteraceae), and Sambucus coetulea (elderberry, Adoxaceae), whereas the larvae breed in decaying vegetation, including leaves, turnip roots, and / or mammal excrement. Regarding the Australian species, S. meridionalis seems to decompose organic waste since it has been bred from human faeces [ANIC 29 - 037454, 29 - 037455]. Catalogue of Australian species Genus Sargus Fabricius, 1798 darius Hardy, 1932. Qld.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
0386879AFFCBEE4AFB4BF9FFFA8DF936.taxon	description	Palaearctic: Japan. Oriental: India, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Sargus mactans Walker, 1859: 97. HT ♂ (stated ♀) [BMNH; damaged, head and left with missing; Fig. 11]: Indonesia: Sulawesi, Ujung Pandang. meridionalis White, 1916. NSW. Sargus meridionalis White, 1916: 95. HT ♂ [BMNH; Figs 12 – 14]: NSW, Milson Island. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Authors would like to thank: Thekla Pleines (ANIC) for databasing specimens of Microschysa wrightae; Xuankun Li (ANIC) for imaging type specimens of Sargus mactans and S. meridionalis from the BMNH, and assistance with imaging the genitalia; Bronte Sinclair (ANIC) for imaging the paratype of S. darius; Thomas Pape and Anders Alexander Illum (UZMC) for imaging the type specimen of M. flaviventris; Neal Evenhuis and James Boone (BPBM) for imaging authoritatively identified specimens of Ptecticus longipes; Martin Hauser (California Department of Food and Agriculture) for sharing images of the holotype of Formosargus lineata; Erica McAlister (BMNH), Russell Cox and Derek Smith (AMS), Christine Lambkin and Susan Wright (Queensland Museum), Justin Bartlett and Desley Tree (Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries), Peter Hudson (SAMA), Ken Walker (National Museum of Victoria), Cathy Byrne and Simon Grove (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery) for providing access and / or loaning of material. This paper is a product of the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) National Taxonomy Research Grant Program project “ A phylogeny, systematic revision and key to the genera of Australian Soldier Flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) ” (RF 214 - 30) and the Australian American Fulbright Commission Specialist Grant “ Training the next generation of Australian entomologist through research, fieldwork and scientific writing ”.	en	Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Woodley, Norman E. (2020): Review of Australian Sarginae Soldier Fly Genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with First Records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2): 23-43, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1683
