Family SESIIDAE

Sesiidae

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Introduction

[After Nielsen 1996]
The Australian Sesiidae were revised by Duckworth & Eichlin (1974). The sequence and nomenclature adopted here follow that of Duckworth & Eichlin (1974) with additional synonyms from Heppner & Duckworth (1981). In both these studies the Sesiidae were divided into three subfamilies: Tinthiinae, Paranthreninae and Sesiinae. However, Naumann (1971, 1977), in a well-documented study of the Holarctic Sessidae, has demonstrated that the Parathrene group of genera (as Paranthrenini) is subordinate within the Sesiinae; Albuna H. Edwards belongs to this tribe. Naumann (1971, 1977) subdivided the Holarctic fauna into several tribes and Duckworth & Echlin (1974) assigned all Australian taxa to tribe. Spatenka et al. (1993) provided a comprehensive account of the family-, genus- and species-group names of the Palaearctic fauna and Arita et al. (1994) reviewed the Japanese fauna. Axel Kaillies comprehensively reviewed the Australian and New Guinean fauna in 2020.

General References

Arita, Y., Inomata, T. & Ikeda, M. 1994. Sesiidae of Japan. Yadoriga 159: 1-29

Duckworth, W.D. & Eichlin, T.D. 1974. Clearwing moths of Australia and New Zealand (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 180: i-iii, 1-45

Heppner, J.B. & Duckworth, W.D. 1981. Classification of the superfamily Sesioidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 314: i-iii, 1-144

Kallies, A. 2020. The clearwing moths (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) of Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Zootaxa 4833(1): 001-064 [Date published 17 Aug 2020]

Naumann, C. 1971. Untersuchungen zur Systematik und Phylogenese der holarktischen Sesiiden (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Bonner Zoologische Monographien 1: 1-190

Naumann, C. 1977. Studies on the Systematics and Phylogeny of Holarctic Sesiidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera). New Delhi : Amerind Publishing. xii+208 pp. [Translation from German of Naumann 1971.].

Nielsen, E.S. 1996. Sesiidae. pp. 140-141 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.

Spatenka, K., Lastuvka, Z., Gorbunov, O., Tosevski, I. & Arita, Y. 1993. Die Systematik und Synonymie der palaarktischen Glasflugler-Arten (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.) 14: 81-114

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