Species Australophlebotomus brevifilis (Tonnoir, 1935)
- Phlebotomus brevifilis Tonnoir, A.L. 1935. The Australian species of the genus Phlebotomus. Bulletin of Entomological Research 26: 137-147 [145].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Yass, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANIC 29♀ 2♂ adults; BMNH 1♂ 2♀ adults (one ♂ and one ♀ paratype are the type series of Phelobotomus (Australophlebotomus) dycei Seccombe, Ready & Huddleston, 1993). - Phlebotomus brevifiloides Fairchild, G.B. 1952. Notes on Phlebotomus from the Australasian Region (Dipt. Psychodidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77: 189-208 [194].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Yass, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANIC 5♀ adults.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Seccombe, A.K., Ready, P.D. & Huddleston, L.M. 1993. A catalogue of Old World phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 8: 1-57 [7]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Haematophagous on humans.
General References
Dyce, A.L. 1971. Widespread distribution of Phlebotomus Rondani and Berté (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 10: 105-108 [107] (distribution)
Lewis, D.J. & Dyce, A.L. 1982. The subgenus Australophlebotomus Theodor of Phlebotomus Rondani and Berté (Diptera: Psychodidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 21: 37-54 [44] (invalid lectotype designation for P. (A.) brevifilis, as Phlebotomus (Australophlebotomus) brevifiloides Fairchild, 1952)
Seccombe, A.K., Ready, P.D. & Huddleston, L.M. 1993. A catalogue of Old World phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 8: 1-57 [7] (taxonomy)
Theodor, O. 1948. Classification of the Old World species of the subfamily Phlebotominae (Diptera, Psychodidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 39: 85-115 [99] (as Phlebotomus (Australophlebotomus) brevifilis Tonnoir, 1935)
Townsend, B.C. & Lane, R.P. 1990. Phlebotominae. pp. 182-200 in Townsend, B.C., Chainey, J.E., Crosskey, R.W., Pont, A.C., Lane, R.P., Boorman, J.P.T. & Lowry, C.A. A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 7: 1-371 [185] (paratypes in the BMNH)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 02-May-2011 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |