Species Comptosia praeargentata (Macleay, 1826)
- Anthrax praeargentata Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa, Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. app. B, pp. 438-469, Table B in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [Publication date established from Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain Phillip King's Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6(4): 257–259] [468].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (lost), AUST.Type locality references:
Yeates, D.K. 1991. Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Comptosia (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 1023-1178 [Date published 24 December] [1100]. - Comptosia aurifrons 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] [417 (113)].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♀, AUST.Type locality references:
Yeates, D.K. 1991. Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Comptosia (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 1023-1178 [Date published 24 December] [1100]. - Comptosia edwardsi Hardy, G.H. 1941. Miscellaneous notes on Australian Diptera. VIII. Subfamily Lomatiinae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66: 223-233 [Date published 15 September] [227].
Generic Combinations
- Comptosia praeargentata (Macleay, 1826).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Distribution References
- Yeates, D.K. 1991. Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Comptosia (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 1023-1178 [Date published 24 December] [1101]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 26-Aug-2010 | ADDED |