A review of Australian Pyrgotidae (Diptera)

Abstract

The last review of Australian pyrgotids was that of Bezzi (1929) to which Malloch added an appendix. Since 1929 accumulated material includes representatives of 7 new genera and 37 new species. The number of Australian pyrgotids is now 67 species distributed in 18 genera. Practically all representatives of this family are nocturnal. The larvae are endoparasitic upon lamellicorn beetles, but nothing has been published about the life history of the Australian species.