Data from: Bush Blitz aids description of three new species and a new genus of Australian beeflies (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Exoprosopini)

Bush Blitz is a three-year multimillion dollar program to document the plants and animals in hundreds of properties across Australia’s National Reserve System. The core focus is on nature discovery – identifying and describing new species of plants and animals. The Bush Blitz program has enabled the collection and description of beeflies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from surveys in Western Australia and Queensland. Three new species of Australian beeflies belonging to the Exoprosopini are described; Palirika mackenziei Lambkin, sp. n., Palirika culgoafloodplainensis Lambkin, sp. n., and Larrpana bushblitz Lambkin, sp. n. Phylogenetic analysis of 40 Australian exoprosopine species belonging to the Balaana generic-group Lambkin & Yeates, 2003 supports the placement of the three new species into existing genera, and the erection and description of the new genus Ngalki Lambkin, gen. n. for Ngalki trigonium (Lambkin & Yeates, 2003), comb. n. Revised keys are provided for the genera of the Australian Balaana genus-group and the species of Palirika Lambkin & Yeates, 2003 and Larrpana Lambkin & Yeates, 2003. With the description of the three new species and the transferral of Munjua trigona Lambkin & Yeates, 2003 into the new genus Ngalki Lambkin, gen. n., three genera are rediagnosed; Munjua Lambkin & Yeates, 2003, Palirika and Larrpana. Article at http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/3532/

布什突击调查（Bush Blitz）是一项为期三年、耗资数百万美元的科研项目，旨在对澳大利亚国家保护区系统内数百处地块中的动植物开展系统性本底记录。该项目的核心研究方向为自然发现——即识别并记述动植物新物种。布什突击调查项目支持了在西澳大利亚州与昆士兰州开展的野外调查，期间完成了蜂虻（双翅目Diptera：蜂虻科Bombyliidae）类群标本的采集与记述。本文记述了隶属于外蜂虻族（Exoprosopini）的3个澳大利亚蜂虻新物种：*Palirika mackenziei* Lambkin, sp. n.、*Palirika culgoafloodplainensis* Lambkin, sp. n. 以及*Larrpana bushblitz* Lambkin, sp. n.。针对隶属于Balaana属类群（Lambkin & Yeates, 2003）的40种澳大利亚外蜂虻亚科物种开展的系统发育分析结果表明，可将上述3个新物种归入现有属级类群，同时为*Ngalki trigonium*（Lambkin & Yeates, 2003）建立新属Ngalki Lambkin, gen. n.，并确立新组合Ngalki trigonium (Lambkin & Yeates, 2003), comb. n.。本文还修订了澳大利亚Balaana属类群的分属检索表，以及Palirika Lambkin & Yeates, 2003与Larrpana Lambkin & Yeates, 2003的分种检索表。结合本次3个新物种的记述，以及将*Munjua trigona* Lambkin & Yeates, 2003转入新属Ngalki Lambkin, gen. n.，本文对Munjua Lambkin & Yeates, 2003、Palirika及Larrpana这3个属进行了重新诊断。相关研究文章可参阅：http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/3532/