Anabarhynchus Macquart

Anabarhynchus Macquart, 1848: 231, 234 (71, 74); pl. 3, fig. 7. Type species: Anabarhynchus fasciatus Macquart, 1848.
Platycarenum Kröber 1912e: 243. Type species: Platycarenum porrectifrons Kröber 1912e: 244.

Could be confused with: Irwiniella, Megathereva, Actenomeros, Taenogera.

Systematic grouping: Therevinae.

Diagnosis: Antenna broad, often with large setae; cell m3 open; hind femur with one or more anteroventral apical setae; femora with appressed scales and dark ventral setae; postspiracular pile usually present; velutum patches absent on fore and hind femora and gonocoxites; inner gonocoxal process present; distiphallus with broad dorsal apodeme, simple ventral apodeme; female with two spermathecae.

Distribution: Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand.

Comments: Anabarhynchus is closely related to Megathereva and is the most species rich genus in the region (approx. 200 species). There are still many undescribed species in collections. Members of Anabarhynchus are relatively pilose, robust therevids. Spot characters to look for when identifying this genus include velutum patches on the fore and hind femora absent, wing cell m3 open, mutiple rows of postocular setae in both sexes (often), two spermathecae, ventral apodeme not forked.

Included species: 159 species; see checklist.

Relevant literature: [numerous references; most recent revisions listed here]
Lyneborg, L. (1992) Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera). Fauna of New Zealand/ Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa 24, DSIR Plant Protection/ Te Wahanga Manaaki Tupu, Auckland, 139 pp.

Lyneborg, L. (2001) The Australian Stiletto-flies of the Anabarhynchus Genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae). Entomonograph vol. 13, Apollo Books Stenstrup, Denmark. 256 pp.