Drosophilidae (Insecta: Diptera) in the Cooktown Area of North Queensland.

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.