REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN TEPHRITINI (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE)

The Australian fauna of Tephritini, a major tribe of the subfamily Tep hritinae (Tephritidae), is revised for the first time; 23 genera and 7 7 species are treated. A further nine species are discussed but not na med. Fourteen genera are revised and the following nine new genera des cribed: Collessomyia, Cooronga, Hyalopeza, Liepana, Paraactinoptera, P arahyalopeza, Paraspathulina, Peneparoxyna and Quasicooronga. Twenty-f our species are revised and the following 53 new species described: Ca mpiglossa transversa, C. turneri, C. vaga, C. whitei, Collessomyia set iger, Cooronga mcalpinei, Dioxyna hyalina, Hyalopeza schneiderae, Liep ana helichrysii, L. latifrons, Oedaspis apicalis, O. apiciclara, O. au strina, O. continua, O. gallicola, O. goodenia, O. mouldsi, O. olearia , O. perkinsi, O. semihyalina, O. serrata, O. trimaculata, O. whitei, Paraactinoptera collessi, Parahyalopeza bushi, Paraspathulina apicomac ula, P. eremostigma, Paroxyna infrequens, Peneparoxyna minuta, Platens ina trimaculata, Quasicooronga conneta, Q. disconnecta, Rhabdochaeta q ueenslandica, R. wedelia, Tephritis brunnea, T. bushi, T. distigmata, T. furcata, T. hesperia, T. pantosticta, T. phaeostigma, T. prolixa, T . protrusa, T. pumila, T. quasiprolixa, T. tasmaniae, T. trupanea, Tru panea bifida, T. heronensis, T, norata, T. prolata, T. pusilla and T. queenslandensis. Keys to genera and species are presented. Information is given on host plants and geographic distributions. The genera Chry sotrypanea Malloch and Oedaspoides Hendel are newly synonymised with O edaspis Loew.