Genus Cerdistus Loew, 1849

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• Asilus (Cerdistus) Loew, H. 1849. Ueber die europaischen Raubfliegen (Diptera Asilica) [concl.]. Linnaea Entomologica 4: 1–155 [Date published 12 November 1849] [74].

  Type species:

   Asilus (Cerdistus) erythrurus Meigen, 1820 by subsequent designation, see Engel, E.O. 1927. Asilidae [part]. Die Fleigen der palaearktischen Region. Stuttgart : E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Vol. 24 pp. 65-128. [Date published 20 July 1927] [92].
• Rhabdotoitamus 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] [95].

  Type species:

   Neoitamus brunneus White, 1914 by subsequent designation, see 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] [186].
• Trichoitamus 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] [91].

  Type species:

   Asilus rudis Walker, F., 1855 by original designation.

Introduction

The genus Cerdistus is more than likely absent from Australia, being a dump genus for Australian species in the early part of the twentieth century. Species currently placed here fall into at least three generic groups belonging to both the Apocleini and the Asilini. Two of White's genera, Rhabdotoitamus and Trichoitamus are available but the limits of each is uncertain and the type species of each belong with the Asilini. Two or three species possess characters from both tribes.

Many undescribed species are housed in Australian collections.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), King (KIN) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; SA: Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL) ; Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; WA: Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

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