Species Acupalpa imitans (White, 1916)
Phycus imitans Neotype
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Phycus imitans Neotype label
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Species Acupalpa imitans (White, 1916)
- Phycus imitans White, A. 1916. The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania. Part II. Families Tabanidae and Therevidae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1915: 2-60 [28].
Type data:
Neotype QM MEI165187 ♂ (22.viii–7.ix.2007, S. L. Winterton, Malaise trap), QLD: Indooroopilly, Long Pocket [-27.418°, 152.837°]
Comment: A female from Wedge Bay was designated as the holotype by White in 1915 but as it was lost, Winterton designated a neotype in 2011.Subsequent designation references:
Winterton, S.L. 2011. Revision of the stiletto fly genera Acupalpa Kröber and Pipinnipons Winterton (Diptera, Therevidae, Agapophytinae) using cybertaxonomic methods, with a key to Australasian genera. ZooKeys 95: 29–78 [Date published 4 May 2011] [49].Type locality references:
Winterton, S.L. 2011. Revision of the stiletto fly genera Acupalpa Kröber and Pipinnipons Winterton (Diptera, Therevidae, Agapophytinae) using cybertaxonomic methods, with a key to Australasian genera. ZooKeys 95: 29–78 [Date published 4 May 2011] [49-51].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Winterton, S.L. 2011. Revision of the stiletto fly genera Acupalpa Kröber and Pipinnipons Winterton (Diptera, Therevidae, Agapophytinae) using cybertaxonomic methods, with a key to Australasian genera. ZooKeys 95: 29–78 [Date published 4 May 2011] [49-51]
Generic Combinations
- Pipinnipons imitans (White, 1916). —
Winterton, S.L. in Winterton, S.L., Yang, L., Wiegmann, B.M. & Yeates, D.K. 2001. Phylogenetic revision of Agapophytinae subf. n. (Diptera: Therevidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Systematic Entomology 26: 173-211 [211]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Tasmanian record based on one specimen kept in Hardy collection but since lost
IBRA
Qld, Tas: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Frons profile rounded above antenna; antenna dark yellow; pleuron black; wing dark banded; femora orange to yellow; tibia yellow; abdomen dark, segments 2–3 red-brown laterally, without silver velutum.
Diagnosis References
Winterton, S.L. 2011. Revision of the stiletto fly genera Acupalpa Kröber and Pipinnipons Winterton (Diptera, Therevidae, Agapophytinae) using cybertaxonomic methods, with a key to Australasian genera. ZooKeys 95: 29–78 [Date published 4 May 2011] [49] (rediagnosis)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2013 | 29-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 27-Jul-2011 | 27-Jul-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 24-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |