Genus Chlorops Meigen, 1803
- Chlorops Meigen, J.W. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger) 2: 259-281 [278].
Type species:
Musca pumilionis Bjerkander, 1778 by designation under Plenary Powers, see ICZN 1955. Opinion 348. Suppression under the plenary powers of the generic name "Titania" Meigen, 1800, for the purpose of validating the generic name "Chlorops" Meigen, 1803 (Class Insecta, Order Diptera). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 10: 421-436 [Date published 27 June]. - Titania Meigen, J.W. 1800. Nouvelle classification des mouches à deux ailes (Diptera L.) d'après un plan tout nouveau. Paris : Perronneau pp. 1-40. [This publication suppressed by the I.C.Z.N.] [35] [invalid name; Titania Meigen, 1800 was declared an available name by two actions of the ICZN Commission (ICZN 1910, 1944). Later, in order to protect the younger name Chlorops Meigen, 1803, the ICZN Commission (ICZN 1955) ruled to suppress Titania Meigen, 1800 for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for the Principle of Homonymy].
Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1910. Opinion 28. Shall the Nouvelle classification of Meigen, 1800, be given precedence over Meigen’s Versuch, 1803? Smithsonian Special Publication, 1989, 66–67. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature [Reprinted, 1958, in Opinions and Declarations of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1B, 66–67] [66]; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1944. Opinion 152. On the status of the generic names in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) first published in 1800 by J.W. Meigen in his Nouvelle classification des mouches à deux ailes. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2(21): 181–196 [181]; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Opinion 348. Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the generic name “Titania” Meigen, 1800, for the purpose of validating the generic name “Chlorops” Meigen, 1803 (Class Insecta, Order Diptera). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 10: 421–436. Type species:
Musca lineata Fabricius, 1782 (preoccupied (= Musca pumilionis Bjerkander, 1778)) by subsequent designation, see Zetterstedt, J.W. 1838. Sectio tertia. Diptera. Dipterologis Scandinaviae amicis et popularibus carissimus. pp. [477]–868 in, Insecta Lapponica. Lipsiae [= Leipzig] : L. Voss vi 1140 pp. [778] (in synonymy with Musca nasuta Schrank, 1781).- Anthracophaga Loew, H. 1866. Ueber die bisher in Schlesien aufgefundenen Arten der Gattung Chlorops Macq. Zeitschrift für Entomologie (Breslau) 15: 3-96 [Date published 31 December +] [15].
Type species:
Musca strigula Fabricius, 1794 by subsequent designation, see Coquillett, D.W. 1910. The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37(=No. 1719): 499-647 [508]. - Titania Hendel, F. 1908. Nouvelle classification des mouches à deux ailes (Diptera L.). D'après un plan tout nouveau par J.G. Meigen, Paris, an VIII (1800 v.s.). Mit Kommentar herausgegeben von Friedrich Hendel. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58: 43-69 [63] [Preoccupied by Titania Meigen, 1800. Hendel (1908) was the first after Meigen (1800) to give characters to differentiate the taxon (reproducing Meigen’s characters) and to treat Titania as valid, which makes the name available from that work with Meigen as author. No species were included in Hendel (1908). The first included species is in Coquillett (1910), who designated Chlorops laeta Meigen, 1803 as the type species. The action of the ICZN (1955) suppressed Titania only for the purpose of priority and not for homonymy. As there is no wording in Opinion 678 (ICZN 1963) to contravene earlier rulings of names in Meigen (1800), this allows for Titania to be made available by subsequent usage as a valid taxon, but the name immediately becomes invalid as a junior homonym of Titania Meigen, 1800].
Type species:
Chlorops laeta Meigen, 1803 by subsequent designation, see Coquillett, D.W. 1910. The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37(=No. 1719): 499-647 [615].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sabrosky, C.W. 1999. Family group names in Diptera. An annotated catalog. Myia 9: 1–360 [308]
- Nartshuk E.P. 2012. A check list of the world genera of the family Chloropidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Muscomorpha). Zootaxa 3267: 1–43 [26]
- Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. 2017. Battling the un-dead: the status of the Diptera genus-group names originally proposed in Johann Wilhelm Meigen’s 1800 pamphlet. Zootaxa 4275(1): 1–74 [54]
Introduction
Placement in tribe Chloropini confirmed by Riccardi & Amorim (2020).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, WA: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB) ; ACT, NSW, SA, WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: New England Tablelands (NET), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Dampierland (DL), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; NT: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
Riccardi P.R. & Amorim, D.D.S. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Chloropinae of the world (Diptera: Chloropidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1-53 [39]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CHLOROPIDAE Rondani, 1856 | 09-Apr-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bryan Lessard (ABRS) |
| 01-Feb-2019 | DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 | 09-Jan-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 28-Oct-2011 | 10-Jul-2018 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Oct-2011 | 17-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |