Bombyliinae ( Li & Yeates, 2018 )

Li, Xuankun, 2025, Description of a New Species of Robertsmyia Bee Fly (Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae) from the South Australian mallee, Zootaxa 5570 (1), pp. 179-188 : 181

Modifications of the Key to Australian genera of subfamily Bombyliinae ( Li & Yeates, 2018) couplet 9, also the Key to Australian genera of Bombyliini ( Li & Yeates, 2019a) couplet 6

Cell dm over 3.5× longer than wide ( Figs 7 b, c ); female sperm pump short, collars absent; distal spermathecal duct of normal length; sperm bulb with apical small conical point or invaginated cone; basal bulb absent ( Li & Yeates, 2018: fig. 50 g)................................................................................................ Robertsmyia

Cell dm less than 3.0× longer than wide ( Fig. 7 a ); female sperm pump elongate, collars present; distal spermathecal duct short; sperm bulb large and flattened, apex rounded; basal bulb present ( Li & Yeates, 2018: fig. 26 g).................. Laurella

Figures

FIGURE 7. Wings. (a) Laurella formosa [from Li & Yeates (2018)]; (b) Robertsmyia pallidoventris [from Li & Yeates (2018)]; (c) Robertsmyia aureola sp. nov. Holotype, male, ANIC 29-020518. Scale bars as shown.