Abstract

An analysis of drosophilid collections made by the Division of Entomology, CSIRO, during 1980 and 1981 in the Cooktown area of north Queensland yielded the following: Amiota (three species); Balara (one); Cacoxenus (one); Chymomyza (one); Crincosia (two species, one new); Dettopsomyia (one, new record); Drosophila (Drosophila) (three); Drosophila (Sophophora) (eight); Drosophila (Hirtodrosophila) (five species, one new); Drosophila (Scaptodrosophila) (23 species, six new); Hypselothyrea (one); Leucophenga (13 species, two new); Liodrosophila (one); Lissocephala (one); Luzonimyia (one); Microdrosophila (six); Mycodrosophila (one); Nesiodrosophila (two species, one new); Paramycodrosophila (two); Phorticella (one, new record); Sphaerogastrella (one); Stegana (one); and Zaprionus (one). The new species and records bring the Australian drosophilid total to 247 described species.

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