• Brachyrhopalinae.

History of changes

• Brachyrhopalini Hardy, G.H.H. 1926. A new classification of Australian robberflies belonging to the subfamily Dasypogoninae (Diptera, Asilidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 305-312 [307].

  Type genus:

   Brachyrhopala Macquart, 1847.

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon Hardy, G.H.H. 1934. The Asilidae of Australia.—Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 14: 1-35 [Date published 2 July 1934] [11].

  Type species:

   Austrosaropogon claviger Hardy, 1934 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) ; NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon barbula Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K120333 ♀ (13.xii.1981, G. & A. Daniels), Bald Rock Nat. Pk, NSW [28° 50' 55" S 152° 3' 4" E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀, Amiens, Qld, 18.xii.1966, C.F. Ashby; AMSA 9♀♀, Bald Rock Nat. Pk, N.S.W. 13.xii.1981, G. & A. Daniels; QMBA 1♀, Bald Rock Nat. Pk, N.S.W. 8.xii.1982, D.K. Yeates; ANIC 1♀, Wylie Creek, NSW, 22.xii.1968, C.F. Ashby; AMSA 1♂ 1♀, Baldy Bill Fire Road, Kanangra Plateau, NSW, 29.iii.1975, G. Daniels; ANIC 1♀, near Queanbeyan, NSW, 10.iii.1953, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♀, Blundell's, ACT, 30.i.1948, S.J. Paramonov.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon celaenops Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [31–32].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K120354 ♂ (27.ix.1978, N.W. Rodd), Bilpin, NSW [33° 29' 56" S 150° 31' 5" E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 4♂♂ 2♀♀, Goonoo Goonoo State Forest, 5 miles S of Mendooran, NSW, 3-5.x.1970, D.K. McAlpine, G.A. Holloway & G. Daniels; AMSA 1♀, Bilpin, NSW, 27.ix.1978, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 2♂♂, Bilpin, NSW, 26-27.ix.1978, N.W. Rodd; ANIC 1♀, Sydney, NSW, 24.ix.1922.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon claviger Hardy, G.H.H. 1934. The Asilidae of Australia.—Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 14: 1-35 [Date published 2 July 1934] [11].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 20♂♂, Brisbane, Qld, September & October 1923 to 1929; whereabouts unknown ♂, Narrabeen, NSW, 3.xii.1921
  Comment: Hardy's material from Narabeen was most likely A. horsleyi as A. clavigera is not otherwise known from central coastal New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon gephyrion Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [33–34].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 30 miles W of Collinsville, Qld, 12.xi.1950, E.F. Reik.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

History of changes

• Dioctria horsleyi Walker, F. 1851. Diptera. Part II. pp. 77-156 in Saunders, W.W. (ed.). Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1 474 pp. [86].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, No data.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon insulanus Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K120360 ♂ (15.i.1979, T.J. Kingston), South Lagoon Road, Lord Howe Island, NSW [31° 33' S 159° E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, Middle Beach, Lord Howe Island, 5.ii.1979, T.J. Kingston; AMSA 1♀, Big Slope, Lord Howe Island, 13.ii.1979, T.J. Kingston.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon melanops Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [36–37].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K120363 ♀ (1.i.1975, G. Daniels), Lees Creek, Brindabella Range, ACT [35° 21' S 148° 51' E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, Lees Creek, Brindabella Range, ACT, 3.i.1975, G. Daniels.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon montanus Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [37–38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K120364 ♀ (6.xii.1982, D.K. Yeates), Bald Rock Nat. Pk, 25 km SE Stanthorpe, NSW [28° 50' 55" S 152° 3' 4" E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, 30 miles N of Singleton, NSW, 1.i.1976, J.V. Peters.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Dasypogon nigrinus Macquart, J. 1850. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplément. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1849(2): 309-479 [reprinted with pagination 5–161, Roret, Paris. The reprint version includes only pp. 309–465 of the original journal article] [370 (66), pl. 6, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Tasmanie [=Tasmania].
• Brachyrhopala bella White, A. 1918. New Australian Asilidae, with notes on the classification of the Asilinae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1917: 72–103 [Date published 22 January 1918] [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, Victoria, Mr French.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Daniels, G. 1989. Family Asilidae. pp. 326–349 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [Date published 23 August 1989] [337]

Generic Combinations

• Aterpogon bella (White, 1918). —
  Hardy, G.H.H. 1934. The Asilidae of Australia.—Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 14: 1-35 [Date published 2 July 1934] [19]
• Saropogon bella (White, 1918). —
  Hardy, G.H.H. 1926. A new classification of Australian robberflies belonging to the subfamily Dasypogoninae (Diptera, Asilidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 305-312 [307]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon nigritibia Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [40–41].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, St Marys, NSW, 6.xi.1926.
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, Rookwood, NSW, 18.i.1969, G. Daniels.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon palleucus Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K120367 ♂ (5.xi.1981, G. & A. Daniels), 25 km W of Grafton, NSW [29° 42' S 152° 40' E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 11♂♂ 6♀♀, 25 km W of Grafton, NSW, 5.xi.1981, G. & A. Daniels; QMBA 1♀, 25 km W of Grafton, NSW, 5.xi.1981, G. & A. Daniels; AMSA 1♂, 25 km W of Grafton, NSW, 19.1x.1981, C. Hagan; QMBA 1♂, 25 km W of Grafton, NSW, 19.1x.1981, C. Hagan.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon periscelis Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [41–42].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA T11509 ♂, Yeppoon, Qld, 18–25.xii.1979, H.E. & M.A. Evans & A. Hook.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

History of changes

• Austrosaropogon thule Daniels, G. 1991. Revision of the Australian genus Austrosaropogon Hardy (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 29-44 [42–43].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, 3 km NE of Mt Webb, Qld, 2.x.1980, D.H. Colless [15°03'S 145°09'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♀♀, 3 km NE of Mt Webb, Qld, 2.x.1980, D.H. Colless [15°03'S 145°09'E]; QMBA 1♀, Dimbulah, Qld, 3.ii.1941, J.E. Tesch.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

History of changes

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; NSW: Mulga Lands (ML) ; NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Gawler (GAW), New England Tablelands (NET), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC) ; NT, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala Macquart, J. 1847. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. [2.e supplément]. Paris : Roret pp. 5–104, pls 1–6. [Published before 11 September] [35].

  Type species:

   Brachyrhopala (Brachyrhopala) ruficornis Macquart, 1847 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; NSW: Mulga Lands (ML) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Gawler (GAW), New England Tablelands (NET), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC) ; NT, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala aurimaculata Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [82–83].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, 2 km WNW of Woolbernup Hill, WA, 29-30.xi.1979, T.F. Houston [34°26'S 119°41'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♀♀, 41 km SE of Alice Springs, NT, 4.x.1978, D.H. Colless; WAM 1♀, Buningonia Spring (Well), WA, 18-25.xi.1978, T.F. Houston [31°26'S 123°33'E]; WADA 1♂ 1♀, 3-5 km NE of Geraldton, WA, 5.x.1973, N. McFarland; WAM 1♀, 70-75 km ENE of Norseman, WA, 10-16.xi.1978, T.F. Houston; WAM 1♀, Southern Cross, WA, October 1981, R.P. McMillan [31°13'S 119°20'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala danielsi Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [83].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA ♂, Yanchep, WA, 4.xi.1974, S.J. Curry.
  Paratype(s) WAM 1♀, Broomehill, WA, 1.i.1988, R.P. McMillan [33°51'S 117°38'E]; WAM 1♂, Buningonia Spring (Well), WA, 18-25.xi.1978, T.F. Houston [31°26'S 123°33'E]; WADA 1♀, Ludlow, WA, 6.i.1969; WADA 1♂, N of Yanchep, WA, 14.i.1969, S.J. Curry; AMSA 1♂, N of Yanchep, WA, 23.ix.1974, S.J. Curry; AMSA 1♀, Yanchep, WA, 29.x.1974, S.J. Curry; AMSA 2♂♂, Yanchep, WA, 4.xi.1974, S.J. Curry; WADA 1♂, Yanchep, WA, 9.xii.1974, S.J. Curry; WADA 1♀, Yanchep, WA, 16.xii.1974, S.J. Curry; WADA 1♂, Yanchep, WA, 18.xii.1974, S.J. Curry; WADA 1♂ 2♀♀, Yanchep, WA, 24.xii.1974, S.J. Curry; WADA 1♀, Yanchep, WA, 6.i.1975, S.J. Curry.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala flava Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [84].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Koongarra, 15 km E of Mt Cahill, NT, 6-9.iii.1973, D.H. Colless.
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, Mt Burrell, NT, 18.ii.1992, R. Eastwood.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala nigra Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [84–85].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 5 km W of Ourimbah, NSW, 25.xi.1976, I.F.B. Common & E.D. Edwards [33°19'S 151°19'E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, Beerburrum, Qld, 21.iii.1984, C. Johnson; NMV 1♀, Eukey, Qld, January 1934, F.E. Wilson; QMBA 1♂, Kenniff's Lookout, Mt Moffat Nat. Pk, Qld, 13.xii.1987, D.K. Yeates; AMSA 1♂, Mt Scoria (summit), 6 km S Thangool, Qld, 11.ii.1991, G. & A. Daniels [24°32'S 150°36'E]; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tibberoowuccum nr Beerburrum, Qld, 6.xii.1985, R. Eastwood; AMSA 3♂♂, Mt Tibberoowuccum, Glass House Mountains, Qld, 10.x.1986, R. Eastwood; AMSA 1♂, Adams Peak, Hunter Valley, NSW, 10-11.i.1987, R. Eastwood [32°49'S 151°04'E]; AMSA 1♀, 6 km NE of Bilpin nr Kurrajong, NSW, 3.iii.1980, N.W. Rodd; ANIC 1♀, Congo, *km ESE of Moruya, NSW, 26.ii.1983 [35°58'S 150°09'E]; ANIC 1♀, Lisarow, NSW, 4.vi.1955, K.M. Moore; ANIC 1♀, Mosman, NSW, 12.ii.1924, Mackerras; AMSA 1♂, 24 km W of South Grafton, NSW, 1.xii.1990, G. & A. Daniels [29°37'S 152°44'E]; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 29.i.1980, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 19.iii.1980, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 12.iv.1980, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 2.iv.1982, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 4.iii.1980, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 26.iii.1980, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 10.ii.1980, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 13.iii.1981, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 24.iii.1981, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Sydney, NSW, C. Gibbons; NMV 1♀, Omeo, Vic, 9.i.1958, Edwards; BMNH 1♀, Victoria, C. French.

  Type host:

   [Cerambycidae]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala ochracea Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [86].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1♀, 5 km W of Ourimbah, NSW, 25.xi.1976, I.F.B. Common & E.D. Edwards.
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, Mt Beerburrum, Qld, 6.xii.1985, R. Eastwood; QMBA 1♀, Mt Beerwah via Glasshouse, Qld, 5.xii.1965, T. Weir; QMBA 1♀, Brisbane, Qld, 2.xii.1913, H. Hacker; QMBA 1♀, Lawes, Qld, 4.x.1932, D. Teakle; AMSA 1?, Mt Cooroora nr Pomona, Qld, 17.xi.1986, R. Eastwood [26°22'S 152°51'E]; AMSA 1♀, 7 km E of Gayndah, Qld, 18.i.1991, G. & A. Daniels [25°37'S 151°40'E]; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tibberoowuccum nr Beerburrum, Qld, 6.xii.1985, R. Eastwood; AMSA 3♀♀, Mt Tibberoowuccum, Glass House Mountains, Qld, 10.x.1986, R. Eastwood; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tinbeerwah nr Cooroy, Qld, 22.x.1986, R. Eastwood [26°24'S 152°58'E]; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tinbeerwah nr Cooroy, Qld, 5.xii.1984, R. Eastwood [26°24'S 152°58'E]; QMBA 1♀, Stradbroke Island, Qld, 3.xii.1912, H. Hacker; AMSA 1♀, Bankstown, Sydney, NSW, 19.ii.1984, B.J. Day; AMSA 1♀, 24 km W of South Grafton, NSW, 1.i.1990, G. & A. Daniels [29°37'S 152°44'E]; ANIC 1♀, Canberra, ACT, September 1930, A. Wade.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala quadrata Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [86–87].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1♂, Melbourne, Vic, O.W. Tiegs.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

History of changes

• Codula quadricincta Bigot, J.M.F. 1879. Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 10e partie (1) (Pars secunda). [XV (suite). Tribu des Asilidi. Curies des Laphridae et Dasypogonidae.]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 8: 401-446 [Date published 26 March] [442].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ ?, Australia.
• Brachyrhopala fulva Ricardo, G. 1912. A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia. [Continued.]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 585-594 [Date published May 1] [588].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1♀, Mackay, Qld, G. Turner.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1♀, Mackay, Qld, G. Turner.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hardy, G.H.H. 1929. Revisional notes on the tribe Brachyrrhopalini (robber flies), with remarks on habits and mimicry. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 41: 59-72 [Date published 13 August] [64]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Gawler (GAW), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala rubrithorax Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [89-90].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K359404 ♂ (29.iv.1989, G. & A. Daniels), Mt White, Coen, QLD [13°58'S 143°11'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀, 1 km N of Rounded Hill, Qld, 6.x.1980, D.H. Colless [15°17'S 145°13'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala ruficornis Macquart, J. 1847. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. [2.e supplément]. Paris : Roret pp. 5–104, pls 1–6. [Published before 11 September] [36 (52), pl. 1, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM 1♂, Tasmanie [=Tasmania].
• Codula fenestrata Macquart, J. 1850. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplément. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1849(2): 309-479 [reprinted with pagination 5–161, Roret, Paris. The reprint version includes only pp. 309–465 of the original journal article] [374-375 (70-71), pl. 7. fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 3♀♀, Tasmanie [=Tasmania].
• Brachyrhopala victoriae Röder, V. von 1892. Drei neue Dipteren aus der Sendung des Herrn Baron von Müller in Melbourne (Australia) an das Königliche Naturalien-Cabinet in Stuttgart. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 53: 241-244 [Date published November 1892] [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMNS 1♀, Victoria.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ricardo, G. 1912. A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia. [Continued.]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 585-594 [Date published May 1] [586-587]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders (FLI), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala scutellata Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [92].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1♂, 70 miles N of Bourke, 24.x.1957, E.F. Riek.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Mulga Lands (ML)

History of changes

• Brachyrhopala semirufa Hardy, G.H.H. 1929. Revisional notes on the tribe Brachyrrhopalini (robber flies), with remarks on habits and mimicry. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 41: 59-72 [Date published 13 August] [65].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown 1♂, Brisbane, Qld, .ix.1928.
  Paratype(s) QMBA D2635 1♂, Brisbane, Qld, 29.xii.1912, H. Hacker; QMBA D2625 1♂, Stradbroke Island, Qld, 3.xii.1912, H. Hacker.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Pacificocesa Kocak, A.O. & Kemal, M. 2008. Nomenclatural notes on some genus-group names in the order Diptera. Miscellaneous Papers, Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara 144: 1-3 [Date published 22 October 2008] [2] [replacement name].
• Vespina Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [94-95] [junior homonym].

  Type species:

   Dasypogon inopinus Walker, 1858 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kocak, A.O. & Kemal, M. 2008. Nomenclatural notes on some genus-group names in the order Diptera. Miscellaneous Papers, Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara 144: 1-3 [Date published 22 October 2008] [2]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Vespina atra Clements, 2000.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K120491 ♂ (10.x.1986, R. Eastwood), Mt Tibberoowuccum, Glass House Mountains, QLD [33° 32' 38" S 150° 25' 16"].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 22.iii.1979, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 13.iii.1981, N.W. Rodd; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tomah, Blue Mtns, NSW, 12.i.1983, N.W. Rodd; 1♀, Killarney, Qld, 1.i.1939, C.F. Ashby; ANIC 1♀, Mosman, NSW, 15.i.1923, Mackerras; AMSA 1♂, Mt Tinbeerwah nr Cooroy, Qld, 22.x.1986, R. Eastwood [26°24'S 152°58'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Vespina bicolor Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [99–100].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1♀, Prince Henry Heights, Toowoomba, Qld, 1.i.1985, I.F.B. Common [27°33'S 151°59'E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, Bald Mtn area, Qld, 3000-4000 ft, 24.i.1981, G. Daniels; AMSA 1♀, Mt Beerburrum, Qld, 6.xii.1985, R. Eastwood; QMBA 1♀, Caboolture, Qld, 6.iii.1963, R.J. Elder; ANIC 1♀, Cooparoo, Brisbane, Qld, 7.iii,1890, C. Wild; QMBA 1♀, Lamington Nat. Pk., Qld 28.i.-3.ii.1963, G. Monteith; QMBA 1♀, Mount Glorious, Qld, 6.iii.-22.iv.1982, A. Hillier; AMSA 1♀, Mt Tibberoowuccum, Glass House Mountains, Qld, 28.ii.1987, C.E. Hagan [26°56'S 152°56'E]; AMSA 3♀♀, Mt Tinbeerwah nr Cooroy, Qld, 22.x.1986, R. Eastwood [26°24'S 152°58'E]; AMSA 2♀♀, Mt Tinbeerwah nr Cooroy, Qld, 5.xii.1984, R. Eastwood; QMBA 1♀, Tamborine Mountain, Qld, 28.xii.1911, H. Hacker; AMSA 1♀, Tewantin, Qld, 23.ii.1983, B. Clarke; AMSA 1♀, Wild Horse Mtn, nr Beerburrum, Qld, 11.iii.1986, R. Eastwood [26°55'S 153°00'E]; AMSA 1♀, Wild Horse Mtn, nr Beerburrum, Qld, 12.iv.1986, R. Eastwood.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Dasypogon inopina Walker, F. 1858. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in the Aru Islands by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 3: 77-110 [Date published 1 November 1858] [83].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1♀, Aru Island, Maluku, Indonesia, A.R. Wallace.
• Dioctria claviventris Walker, F. 1861. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Dorey, New Guinea, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 5: 229-254 [Date published 27 March] [233].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1♂, Dorey, New Guinea [now Manokwari, Irian Jaya] A.R. Wallace.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [101]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

History of changes

• Vespina melaena Clements, A.N. 2000. A revision of Brachyrhopala Macquart, an Australian region genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 77-114 [Date published 28 February] [103-104].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1♂, 10 miles SW of Ayr, Qld, 6.ix.1950, E.F. Riek.
  Paratype(s) BPBM 1♂, Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT, 17.iii.1961, J.L. & M. Gressitt; BPBM Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT, 22.iii.1961, J.L. & M. Gressitt; AMSA 1♀, Archers Ck, Kennedy Highway, Qld, 7.iii.1973, A. Walford-Huggins; ANIC 1♂, 10 miles SW of Ayr, Qld, 6.ix.1950, E.F. Riek; QMBA 3♂♂ 3♀♀, 6 km NE road junction, Claudie River District, Qld, 27.vi.-4.vii.1982, G. Daniels & M.A. Schneider; QMBA 1♀, McIvor River crossing, 40 km N of Cooktown, Qld, 15-18.vii.1976, G.B. & S.R. Monteith; AMSA 11♀♀, 12 km N of Palmer River crossing, Qld, 26-27.xii.1984, G. & A. Daniels [16°01'S 144°49'E]; BMNH 1♀, oah forest, Kuranda, Qld, 3.xi.1972, O.W. Richards; BPBM 1♀, Black Mountain Road nr Kuranda, Qld, 6.v.1961, J.L. & M. Gressitt; AMSA 1♀, 10 miles N of Pascoe River, Qld, 12.ix.1974, A. Walford-Huggins; QMBA 1♀, Stradbroke Island, Qld, 3.xii.1912, H. Hacker; AMSA 1♂, 7 km NE of Tolga, Qld, .xi.1987, Storey & De Favori; AMSA 1♀, 24 km W of South Grafton, NSW, 28.ii.1993, R. Eastwood [29°37'S 152°44'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Cabasa Walker, F. 1851. Diptera. Part II. pp. 77-156 in Saunders, W.W. (ed.). Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1 474 pp. [100].

  Type species:

   Cabasa rufithorax Walker, 1851 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas: Flinders (FLI), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Dasypogon pulchellus Macquart, J. 1846. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplément. Mémoires de la Société des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille 1844: 133-364, pls 1-20 [The date on the wrapper of the journal is 1846, the date on the title page is 1845. The last 4 pages of this paper in the journal (containing the index) are numbered 363, 364, 363, 364. The next article in the journal begins on page 365. The pagination of the reprint is continuous, thus the reprint appears to contain 2 additional pages. Reprinted with pagination 5-238, Roret, Paris, with "1846" on both the wrapper and title page. Reprint recorded in the 7 November 1846 issue of Bibliogr. Fr. The Bibliogr. Fr. mentions the journal version in the 22 August 1846 issue; it was presented by Macquart at the 22 July 1846 meeting of the Société Entomologique de France] [190 (62), pl. 7, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 3♀♀, Tasmanie [=Tasmania].
• Dasypogon venno Walker, F. 1849. List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London : British Museum Pp. [iii], 689-1172 [with index to genera]. [Date published 8 December 1949] [359].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Van Dieman's Land [=Tasmania].
• Dasypogon rubrithorax Macquart, J. 1850. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplément. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1849(2): 309-479 [reprinted with pagination 5–161, Roret, Paris. The reprint version includes only pp. 309–465 of the original journal article] [370 (66), pl. 6, fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Tasmanie [=Tasmania].
• Cabasa rufithorax Walker, F. 1851. Diptera. Part II. pp. 77-156 in Saunders, W.W. (ed.). Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1 474 pp. [100-101].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Van Dieman's Land [=Tasmania].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ricardo, G. 1912. A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 473-488 [Date published 1 April 1912] [480]
• Hardy, G.H.H. 1920. Descriptions of Australian flies of the family Asilidae, (Diptera) with synonyms and notes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 185-202 [Date published 16 August 1920] [185]

Generic Combinations

• Brachyrrhopala pulchella (Macquart, 1846). —
  Hardy, G.H.H. 1927. Further notes on a new classification of Australian robberflies (Diptera-Asilidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52: 387-398 [394]
• Brachyrrhopala rubrithorax (Macquart, 1850). —
  Hardy, G.H.H. 1927. Further notes on a new classification of Australian robberflies (Diptera-Asilidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52: 387-398 [394]
• Brachyrrhopala rufithorax (Walker, 1851). —
  Hardy, G.H.H. 1927. Further notes on a new classification of Australian robberflies (Diptera-Asilidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52: 387-398 [394]
• Brachyrrhopala venno (Walker, 1846). —
  Hardy, G.H.H. 1927. Further notes on a new classification of Australian robberflies (Diptera-Asilidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52: 387-398 [394]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas: Flinders (FLI), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Chrysopogonini Hardy, G.H.H. 1934. The Asilidae of Australia.—Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 14: 1-35 [Date published 2 July 1934] [27].

History of changes

• Chryseutria Hardy, G.H.H. 1928. Third contribution towards a new classification of the Australian Asilidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 469-473 [Date published 15 October 1928] [471].

  Type species:

   Chryseutria nigrinus Hardy, 1928 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Flinders (FLI), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; SA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD)

History of changes

• Chryseutria amphibola Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [82–83].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Emu Field, 300 miles NW of Woomera, SA, Sept-Oct. 1953, F.L. Hill.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♀, Emu Field, 300 miles NW of Woomera, SA, Sept-Oct. 1953, F.L. Hill.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD)

History of changes

• Chryseutria nigrina Hardy, G.H.H. 1928. Third contribution towards a new classification of the Australian Asilidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 469-473 [Date published 15 October 1928] [471].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Sunnybank near Brisbane, Qld, November 1927, G. Hardy.
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Sunnybank near Brisbane, Qld, November 1927, G. Hardy.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Flinders (FLI), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon Röder, V. von 1881. Dipterologische Notizen. IV. Chrysopogon n. g. eine neue Dasypogoniden-Gattung. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25: 213-214 [Date published December 1881] [213].

  Type species:

   Chrysopogon crabroniformis Röder, 1881 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Riverina (RIV) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: NSW North Coast (NNC), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; ACT, NSW, Vic, WA: South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Channel Country (CHC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mulga Lands (ML), Nullarbor (NUL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) ; NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB) ; NSW, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Coolgardie (COO), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), New England Tablelands (NET) ; NSW, SA, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Great Victoria Desert (GVD) ; NSW, Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; NT: Tanami (TAN) ; NT, Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) ; NT, Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pilbara (PIL), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, WA: Central Ranges (CR) ; Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC) ; SA: Stony Plains (STP) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Jarrah Forest (JF)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon agilis Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [17–18].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Mt Boppy, near Cobar, NSW, 25.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov.
  Paratype(s) QMBA 1♂, 28 km W Weengallon, Qld, 16.xi.1979, K.L. Walker; QDPI 1♂, Whitewood, Brigalow Development Area, Moura, Qld, 10.x.1967, F.D. Page & L. Rigby; NMV 1♂ 1♀, Canowindra, NSW, .i.1956, F.E. Wilson; ANIC 1♀, Maroondah, Trangie, NSW, .xii.1920, L.J. Perry; AMSA 1♂, Round Hill Nature Reserve, NSW, 23.x.1977, G. Daniels; ANIC 1♀, Canberra, A.C.T., 15.i.1934, I.M. Mackerras; NMV 1♂, Melton, Vic, 27.xii.1947, A.N. Burns; NMV 1?, Melton, Vic, 24.i.1957, A.N. Burns; NMV 1♂, Murray Riv., 15 miles NE Hattah, Vic, 25.xi.1967, A.N. Neboiss; ANIC(MMUS) 2♂♂ 2♀♀, S. Australia.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Dasypogon albopunctatus Macquart, J. 1846. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplément. Mémoires de la Société des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille 1844: 133-364, pls 1-20 [The date on the wrapper of the journal is 1846, the date on the title page is 1845. The last 4 pages of this paper in the journal (containing the index) are numbered 363, 364, 363, 364. The next article in the journal begins on page 365. The pagination of the reprint is continuous, thus the reprint appears to contain 2 additional pages. Reprinted with pagination 5-238, Roret, Paris, with "1846" on both the wrapper and title page. Reprint recorded in the 7 November 1846 issue of Bibliogr. Fr. The Bibliogr. Fr. mentions the journal version in the 22 August 1846 issue; it was presented by Macquart at the 22 July 1846 meeting of the Société Entomologique de France] [193–194 (64–65), pl. 6, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Nouvelle-Hollande [=Australia].
• Dasypogon spinther Walker, F. 1849. List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London : British Museum pp. [iii] + 231–484. [Date published April 21] [337–338].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Western Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ricardo, G. 1912. A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 473-488 [Date published 1 April 1912] [481]

Generic Combinations

• Neolaparus albopunctatus (Macquart, 1846). —
  Kertész, K. 1909. Catalogus Dipterorum hucusque descriptorum. Vol. IV. Oncodidae, Nemestrinidae, Mydaidae, Apioceridae, Asilidae. Budapestini : Museum Nationale Hungaricum Vol. 4 pp. 1–349. [Date published May] [119]
• Laparus albopunctatus (Macquart, 1846). —
  Schiner, I.R. 1866. Die Wiedemann'schen Asiliden, interpretirt und in die seither errichteten neuen Gattungen eingereiht. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 649-722, pl. 12; nachtrag pp. 845-848 [700]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon albosetosus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 40 miles E of Wilcannia, NSW, 22.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♂ 4♀♀, 40 miles E of Wilcannia, NSW, 22.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♂, 30 miles S of Bourke, NSW, 24.x.1957, E.F. Riek; ANIC 1♀, 70 miles N of Bourke, NSW, 24.x.1957, E.F. Riek; ANIC 1♂ 1♀, Fowlers Gap, NSW, 19.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; BMNH 1♂ 1♀, Fowlers Gap, NSW, 19.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 2♂♂, Wilcannia, NSW, 23.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♂, 74 km E by N Cosmo Newberry, WA, 13.xi.1977, M.S. Upton; SAMA 1♂, Mt Searle, Flinders Ranges, SA, Hale & Tindale.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, SA, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Great Victoria Desert (GVD)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon aureocinctus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [22-23].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Kuranda, Qld, F.P. Dodd.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂, Kuranda, Qld, F.P. Dodd.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon aureus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [23–24].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Bourke, NSW, 26.x.1949, S.J. Paramonov.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 11♂♂ 2♀♀, Bourke, NSW, 26.x.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♂, Bourke, NSW, 27.x.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♀, West Nyngan, NSW, 25.xi.1949, E.F. Riek; ANIC 1♀, 2 km E of Hattah, Vic, 21.xi.1975, K.R. Norris; ANIC 1♂, Kulkyne St. For., E of Hattah, Vic, 18.xii.1965, G. Anderson; QMBA 1♀, 32 km E of Warren, NSW, 8.xii.1976, E.M. Exley & T. Low.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon bellus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [24–25].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K68756 ♂ (21.ii.1940, N. Geary), Bunya Mountains, QLD [26° 51' 30" S 151° 36' 22" E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 1♀, Blackbutt, Qld; BMNH 1♂, Brisbane, Qld, 1903, T. Batchelor; AMSA 1♂, Fountain Falls, Lamington Nat. Pk., Qld 22.iii.1980, T. McRae; ANIC 1♀, Harlin, Qld, 15.ii.1935, F.A. Perkins; ANIC 1♀, Mt Tamborine, Qld, 14.iii.1964, C.F. Ashby; QMBA 1♂ 2♀, Imbil, Qld, 25.i.1936, F.A. Perkins.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon bicolor Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA ♂, Nyngan, NSW, 10.xii.1976, E.M. Exley & T. Low.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon brunnipes Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [27–28].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 16 km W of Mt Aloysius, WA, 16.xi.1977, M.S. Upton [-26.01 128.26].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀, 26 km WSW of Mulga Park HS, NT, 18.i.1982, D.C.F & B.G.F. Rentz & R. Honeycutt [-26.00 131.25].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, WA: Central Ranges (CR)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon castaneus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [28–29].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Dedari, 40 km W of Coolgardie, WA, 11-21.i.1936, R.E. Turner.
  Paratype(s) 3♀♀, Dedari, 40 km W of Coolgardie, WA, 11-21.i.1936, R.E. Turner; WADA 2♀♀, Hyden, WA, 19.ii.1970, K.T. Richards; WADA 1♀, Lake Bryde, WA, 16.xii.1974, K.T. Richards; ANIC 1♀, W. Aust., 1912, Brown; ANIC 1♀, 22 miles W of Southern Cross, WA, 27.i.1973, E.M. Exley; ANIC(MMUS) 1♀, S. Aust.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon catachrysus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [29–30].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA ♂, Montville, Qld, C. Deane.
  Paratype(s) QMBA 1♂, Bald Mtn area via Emu Vale, Qld, 3000-4000 ft, 29-31.i.1972, E.E. Skerman; QMBA 1♂, Caloundra, Qld, 3.x.1912; QMBA 1♂, Nanango district, Qld, .xi.1927, H. Hacker; QMBA 1♂, National Park, Qld, .xii.1919, H. Hacker; SAMA 1♀, Mt Tamborine, Qld, 1500 ft, .xi.1942, N.B. Tindale; NMV 1♂, Richmond River, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Asilus conopsoides Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [795].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Nova Hollandia [=eastern coast of Australia] 1770.

Generic Combinations

• Dioctria conopsoides (Fabricius, 1775). —
  Fabricius, J.C. 1805. Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae [= Brunswick] : Reichard xiv + 372 pp. Index, pp. 1–30. [Date published 31 December 1805] [151]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon crabroniformis Röder, V. von 1881. Dipterologische Notizen. IV. Chrysopogon n. g. eine neue Dasypogoniden-Gattung. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25: 213-214 [Date published December 1881] [213–214].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH ♀, Peak Downs, Qld.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon daptes Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [34–36].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA ♂, Westwood, Qld, .ii.1927, A.P. Dodd.
  Paratype(s) QMBA 1♀, Brisbane, Qld, 28.iv.1940, A. Henderson; AMSA 1♀, Carnarvon Range, Qld, 12.xii.1938, N. Geary; BMNH 1♂, Westwood, Qld, .ii.1927, A.P. Dodd; ANIC 2♀♀, Coonamble, NSW, 1906, W.W. Froggatt.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon dialeucus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [36–37].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Spargoville, 28 miles W of Coolgardie, WA, 14-15.i.1936, R.E. Turner.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon diaphanes Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [37–38].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, 30 miles E of Norseman, WA, 26.xi.1958, E.F. Riek.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon fasciatus Ricardo, G. 1912. A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 473-488 [Date published 1 April 1912] [483–484].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Mackay, Qld, G. Turner.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀, Mackay, Qld, G. Turner.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon fuscus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [39–40].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Barrow Creek, NT, 13.ii.1966 Britton, Upton & McInnes.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Tanami (TAN)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon gammonensis Lavigne, R.J. 2006. A new species of Chrysopogon from South Australia (Diptera: Asilidae: Dasypogoninae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 130: 66–70 [Date published May 31] [67–70].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Lake Frome, Gammon Ranges Nat. Pk, 13.x.1997, S. Winterton, J. Skevington, C. Lambkin [30°37'36"S 139°37'22"E].
  Paratype(s) QMBA 2♂♂ 5♀♀, Lake Frome, Gammon Ranges Nat. Pk, 13.x.1997, S. Winterton, J. Skevington, C. Lambkin [30°37'36"S 139°37'22"E].

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Stony Plains (STP)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon harpaleus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [41–42].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K119316 ♂ (18.xi.1973, M.S. Moulds), Main Camp Creek near Deepwater, NSW [29° 26' 30" S 152° 5' 30" E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA 3♂♂, Main Camp Creek near Deepwater, NSW, 18.xi.1973, M.S. Moulds; AMSA 1♂ 1♀, 5 km E Bilpin, NSW, 29.x.1977, G. Daniels; AMSA 1♂, 5 km E Bilpin, NSW, 24.xi.1978, G. Daniels.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon horni Hardy, G.H.H. 1934. The Asilidae of Australia.—Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 14: 1-35 [Date published 2 July 1934] [29–30].

  Type data:

   Holotype DEIE ♂ (According to Hardy's original description the holotype came from Herberton, Qld, and was deposited in the Deutschen Entomologischen Institute. The specimen in DEI bears a label 'Kuranda, N.Qu., I. 1910', and another in Hardy's hand 'Chrysopogon horni Hardy HOLOTYPE'. It is taken to be the holotype (Clements 1985, p. 42)), Kuranda, Qld, .x.1910.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon leucodema Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [43–45].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K119311 ♂ (7.i.1976, D.K. McAlpine), Clohesy River, Kuranda-Mareeba Road, QLD [16° 54' 30" S 145° 33' 38" E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀, W of Bukalara Plateau, 46 km SSW of Borroloola, NT, 23.iv.1976, D.H. Colless; BMNH 1♂, Port Darwin, NT, .iii.-.iv.1909.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon megalius Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [46–47].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K119315 ♀ (5.i.1970, G. Daniels), Deervale, NSW [30° 21' S 152° 33' E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♂, Dorrigo, NSW, 8.xi.1911, R.J. Tillyard; AMSA 1♀, Dorrigo, Nerinba via Coramba, NSW, W. Heron; SAMA 1♂, Dorrigo, NSW, W. Heron.
• Chrysopogon magnificus Hull, F.M. 1962. Robber flies of the world. The genera of the family Asilidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 224: x + 907 (2 parts) [Date published 25 June 1962] [Figs 14, 1940, 1944, 1945] [nomen nudum].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon melanorrhinus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [47–49].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Nedlands, WA, 13.xii.1940, K.R. Norris.
  Paratype(s) QMBA 1♂, 2 km N of Cataby via Dandaragan, WA, 3.xii.1975, E. Exley & R. Storey; QMBA 1♂, 13 km S of Cataby via Dandaragan, WA, 29.xii.1975, E. Exley & R. Storey; OUM 1♀, Cottesloe, WA, 10.xii.1908, H.M. Giles; BMNH 1♀, near Gingin, WA, 12.i.1966, O.W. Richards; WAM 1♀, Moore River, WA, 12.i.1966, L.M. McKenna; ANIC 2♀♀, Nedlands, WA, 13.xii.1940, K.R. Norris; BMNH 5♂♂ 3♀♀, Perth, WA, 1-7.ii.1914, R.E. Turner; BMNH 1♀, Perth, WA, G. Watson; WADA 1♀, Swan River, WA, L.J. Newman; ANIC 1♀, W. Australia; NMV 1♀, Wanneroo, WA, 9.i.1968, Neboiss; NMV 1♂, West Midland, WA, 28.i.1951, I.M.; BMNH 1♂, Yanchep, 32 miles N of Perth, WA, 3-19.xii.1914, R.E. Turner; BMNH 1♀, Yanchep, WA, 20-31.xii.1935, R.E. Turner; NMV 2♀♀, Mt Yokine, WA, 6.i.1957, I.M.; NMV 1♀, Portland, Vic, .x.1957, Pinchen.

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic, WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon melas Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [49–50].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K119314 ♂ (7.xii.1978, G. Daniels), 15 km S of Ouyen, VIC [35° 11' 55" S 142° 23' 12" E].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon micrus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [50–51].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA ♂, 22 miles W of Southern Cross, WA, 27.i.1973, E.M. Exley.
  Paratype(s) QMBA 1♀, 22 miles W of Southern Cross, WA, 27.i.1973, E.M. Exley; QMBA 1♀, Lake Bryde, Lake Grace area, WA, 16.xii.1974, K.T. Richards; QMBA 1♂, 18 km S of Cataby via Dandaragan, WA, 29.xii.1975, E. Exley & R. Storey; BMNH 1♂ 1♀, Dedari, 40 km W of Coolgardie, WA, 11-21.i.1936, R.E. Turner; BMNH 1?, Merredin, WA, 13.xii.1935, R.E. Turner; QMBA 4♀♀, 34 miles E of Merredin, WA, 27.i.1973, E.M.Exley; BMNH 1♂ 1♀, Spargoville, 28 miles W of Coolgardie, WA, 14-15.i.1936, R.E. Turner; BMNH 2♂♂ 1♀, Tammin, WA, 11.xii.1935, R.E. Turner.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon muelleri Röder, V. von 1892. Drei neue Dipteren aus der Sendung des Herrn Baron von Müller in Melbourne (Australia) an das Königliche Naturalien-Cabinet in Stuttgart. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 53: 241-244 [Date published November 1892] [243–234].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMNS ♀, Victoria.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon pallidipennis White, A. 1918. New Australian Asilidae, with notes on the classification of the Asilinae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1917: 72–103 [Date published 22 January 1918] [72–73].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Sydney, NSW, 26.xii.1914, Ferguson.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon paramonovi Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [55–56].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Rockhampton, Qld,.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀, Eidsvold, Qld, 26.xii.1962; ANIC 1♀, Eidsvold, Qld, Bancroft; AMSA 1♂ 1♀, Gayndah, Qld, Masters; AMSA 2♀♀, 6 miles N of Main Range Creek, Bruce Highway, Qld, 10.xi.1973, A. Walford-Huggins; ANIC(MMUS) 2♂♂, Port Curtis, Qld; ANIC(MMUS) 2♀♀, Rockhampton, Qld,; ANIC 1♀, Yamala, Qld, 20.iii.1958, I.F. B. Common.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon parvus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [57–58].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 15 km NE Mt Singleton, WA, 28-29.ix.1981, I.D. Naumann & J.D. Cardale [29°21'S 117°20'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon pellos Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [58–59].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Marla Bore, 30 miles W of Melbourne Hills Homestead, SA, 23.iii.1963, L.J. Chinnick.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon pilosifacies Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [59–60].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 60 miles W of Wanaaring, NSW, 30.x.1949, S.J. Paramonov.
  Paratype(s) QMBA 1♀, 38 km E of Cunnamulla, Qld, 17.xii.1967, E.M. Exley & T. Low; QDPI 1♂, Goondiwindi, Qld, 24.xii.1927, F.H. Roberts; ANIC 1♂, Naryilicio-Bransby, 8.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♀, New Naryilicio-Orientos, 4.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 4♂♂, Nokandra, [?Noccundra]-Gray Ra., Qld, 14.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♂, 27 miles N of Bourke, NSW, 27.x.1957, E.F. Riek; ANIC 1♂, 2 miles W of Oxley, NSW, 29.xi.1945, K.H.L. Key; ANIC 3♂♂ 2♀♀, 60 miles W of Wanaaring, NSW, 30.x.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♀, Warrego River - Wanaaring, NSW, 28.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♂ 2♀♀, 40 miles E of Wilcannia, NSW, 22.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; ANIC 1♀, 14 miles E of Koonalda, SA, 17.x.1971, N. McFarland; ANIC 1♂ 1♀, 30 km WNW of Alice Springs, NT, 8.x.1978, D.H. Colless,; ANIC 2♀♀, 56 km SEof Alice Springs, NT, 4.x.1978, D.H. Colless,; ANIC 1♂♂ 4♀♀, Roe Ck, 12 km WSW of Alice Springs, NT, 10.x.1978, D.H. Colless; AMSA 2♂♂ 2♀♀, Balladonia, WA, 25.x.1980, S. Barker; ANIC 1♂, 3 miles W Balladonia H.S., 11.x.1968, Key, Upton, Balderson; WAM 2♂♂ 1♀, Lake Bryde, WA, 16.xii.1974, K.T. Richards; ANIC 1♀, 26 miles NNW of Eucla Motel, WA, 18.x.1968, Britton, Upton, Balderson; ANIC 1♂, Firestick Cave, Eucla Basin, Nallarbor Plains, WA, 17.x.1967, J. Lowry.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mulga Lands (ML), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon proximus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [60–61].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Tibooburra-Cobham Lake, NSW, 17.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♂, Tibooburra-Cobham Lake, NSW, 17.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov; NSWA 1♀, Nyngan, NSW, 22.xi.1911; NSWA 1♀, Wilcannia-Mount Boppy, NSW, 24.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon punctatus Ricardo, G. 1912. A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 473-488 [Date published 1 April 1912] [484].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, S. Queensland, 1908, T.L. Bancroft.
• Dasypogon luctuosus Macquart, J.P.M. 1838. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Paris : Roret Vol. 1(2) pp. 5–207, pls 1–14. [Date published 13 October 1838] [39–40 (155-156)] [junior homonym].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀, Patrie inconnue [=Australia].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Daniels, G. 1989. Family Asilidae. pp. 326–349 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [Date published 23 August 1989] [335] (Preocc. Wiedemann, 1820)

Generic Combinations

• Thereutria luctuosa (Macquart, 1838). —
  Ricardo, G. 1912. A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia. [Continued.]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 10: 350-360 [Date published 1 September 1912] [354]
• Rhachiopogon luctuosus (Macquart, 1838). —
  Hardy, G.H.H. 1934. The Asilidae of Australia.—Part II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 14: 1-35 [Date published 2 July 1934] [24]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon queenslandi Ricardo, G. 1912. A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 473-488 [Date published 1 April 1912] [484–485].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, N.E. Queensland, C.M. Kelsall, 1910.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1♀, Kuranda, Qld, 1907 F.P. Dodd.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon rubidipennis White, A. 1918. New Australian Asilidae, with notes on the classification of the Asilinae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1917: 72–103 [Date published 22 January 1918] [73–74].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Victoria, F.P. Spry.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon rufulus White, A. 1914. New Australian Asilidae (Diptera). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1913: 264-280 [Date published 14 February 1914] [268].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (The holotype was described by White (1914) as a female, but after examining the specimen Hardy (1929) stated that it was a male. The holotype was originally in G. H. Hardy's collection; its present location is not known, and it is presumed lost. (Clements 1985, p. 65)), Perth, WA.
• Chrysopogon nigricans White, A. 1914. New Australian Asilidae (Diptera). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1913: 264-280 [Date published 14 February 1914] [268–269].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Perth, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [65]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon rutilus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [66–67].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Nicol Bay District, WA, Clement.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon sphecodes Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [67–68].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, 3 km WNW of Millstream Homestead, WA, 5.iv.1971, E.F. Riek [21°34'S 117°03'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1♀, Port Darwin, NT, F.P. Dodd; AMSA 1♀, Kuranda, Qld, 5.i.1952, G.J. Brooks; NMV 1♂, Mareeba, Qld, 31.xii.1950, G.B.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon splendidissimus Ricardo, G. 1912. A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 473-488 [Date published 1 April 1912] [485–486].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Champion Bay, WA, 1866-1867, H. du Boulay.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1♂, Champion Bay, WA, 1866-1867, H. du Boulay; BMNH 1♀, Western Australia, G. Clifton.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon trianguliferus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [70–71].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Wilcannia-Mount Boppy, NSW, 24.xi.1949, S.J. Paramonov.
  Paratype(s) QMBA 1♂, 95 km W of Bollon, Qld, 17.xi.1979, K.L. Walker; ANIC 1♂, 30 miles SE of Charleville, Qld, 20.x.1957, E.F. Riek; QMBA 1♂ 1♀, 7 miles W of Charleville, Qld, 1.xi.1971, E.M. Exley; QMBA 1♂, 18 km NNE of Thargominda, Qld, 20.xi.1979, K.L. Walker; QMBA 1♀, 63 km W of Cobar, NSW, 11.xii.1976, E.M. Exley & T. Low; AMSA 1♀, Curnamona Stn, Yunta Hwy, 7 km N turn to Erudina woolshed, SA, 19.ii.1979, R. Lavigne; AMSA 1♂, Wirrealpa Stn., 1 km N of Marshals Corner Bore, SA, 17.ii.1979, R. Lavigne.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Mulga Lands (ML)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon whitei Hull, F.M. 1958. Some flies of the family Asilidae (Diptera) from Australia and Brazil. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 27: 160-164 [Date published 28 October 1958] [160–161].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Yallingup, WA, 23.xii.1913-23.i.1914, R.E. Turner.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF)

History of changes

• Chrysopogon xanthus Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [73–74].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Hermite & Trimouille Islands, Monte Bello Islands, WA, Aug-Oct. 1952, G.D. Wedd, F.L. Hill & H.B. Barnes.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1♀, Champion Bay, WA, H. du Boulay; ANIC(MMUS) 1♂, Fitzroy River, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS)

History of changes

• Codula Macquart, J. 1850. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplément. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1849(2): 309-479 [reprinted with pagination 5–161, Roret, Paris. The reprint version includes only pp. 309–465 of the original journal article] [374 (40)].

  Type species:

   Codula limbipennis Macquart, 1850 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Coolgardie (COO), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Codula conspecta Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [75–76].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K116280 ♂ (7.xii.1952, J.G. Brooks), Mareeba, QLD [17° S 145° 26' E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Codula limbipennis Macquart, J. 1850. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplément. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1849(2): 309-479 [reprinted with pagination 5–161, Roret, Paris. The reprint version includes only pp. 309–465 of the original journal article] [374 (70), pl. 7, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Nouvelle-Hollande, cote orientale [=eastern Australia].
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP 1♂, Nouvelle-Hollande, cote orientale [=eastern Australia].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Codula occidentalis Clements, A.N. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chrysopogonini (Diptera: Asilidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 109: 1-93 [Date published 30 August 1985] [79–80].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂, West Midland, WA, 27.xii.1949, I.M.
  Paratype(s) WADA 1♂, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Codula vespiformis Thomson, C.G. 1869. Diptera. Species nova descripsit. pp. 443-614 in Unknown (ed.). Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jordan under befl af C.A. Virgin, Âren 1851-1853. Vol. 2 (Zoologi), [section] 1, (Insecta). Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Sner 617 pp. [464–465].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NRS ♂, Sidney [=Sydney, N.S.W.}.
  Paralectotype(s) NRS 1♂, Sidney [=Sydney, N.S.W.}.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Opseostlengis White, A. 1914. New Australian Asilidae (Diptera). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1913: 264-280 [Date published 14 February 1914] [269].

  Type species:

   Opseostlengis insignis White by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Opseostlengis insignis White, A. 1914. New Australian Asilidae (Diptera). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1913: 264-280 [Date published 14 February 1914] [269].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (Holotype male, Perth, Western Australia, G. H. Hardy. The holotype was described as a female by White (1914) but according to Hardy (1929) it was a male. In a letter to S.J. Paramonov, dated 12 July 1950, Hardy wrote that the type 'never was in really good condition, and has since broken up'. (Clements 1985, p. 88)), Perth, WA, G.H. Hardy.
• Chrysopogon signatus Hull, F.M. 1962. Robber flies of the world. The genera of the family Asilidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 224: x + 907 (2 parts) [Date published 25 June 1962] [fig. 1925] [nomen nudum].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes