The first documented record of Chvalaea Papp & Földvári, 2002 (Diptera, Hybotidae, Ocydromiinae) from the Australasian Region: a new species and its possible relationship to other members of the genus

Abstract

Chvalaea australis sp. nov. is described and illustrated, representing the first species of Chvalaea Papp & Földvári, 2002 from the Australasian Region. A discussion of the geographic distribution and the possible relationship among the species of the genus is provided.

Revision of the genus Leptodromia Sinclair & Cumming, 2000 (Diptera: Hybotidae: Ocydromiinae), with the description of six new species

“…Currently there are 106 described species belonging to the subfamily, included in 15 genera, of which 10 are recorded in the Australasian Region. In Australia, there are 22 described species, distributed in six genera: Apterodromia Oldroyd, 1949 [12 species], Austropeza Plant, 1989[one species], Chvalaea Papp & Földvári, 2002, Hoplopeza Bezzi,1909 [four species], Leptodromia Sinclair & Cumming, 2000 [one species] and Leptopezella Sinclair & Cumming, 2007 [three species] (Yang et al, 2007;Sinclair and Cumming, 2007;Barros et al, 2022). Bezzi (1904) described the first Australian species of Ocydromiinae, collected from Mt.…”