Genus Copidapha Enderlein, 1922
- Copidapha Enderlein, G. 1922. Ein neues Tabanidensystem. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 10: 333-351 [337].
Type species:
Copidapha bifasciata Enderlein, 1922 by monotypy. - Pseudoscione Lutz, A., Araujo, H.C.De S. & da Fonseca, O. 1918. Viagem scientfica no Rio Paraná e a Assunción com volta por Buenos Aires, Montevideo e Rio Grande. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 10: 104-173.
Type species:
Diatomineura longipennis Ricardo, 1918 by subsequent designation, see Fairchild, G.B. 1951. The generic names for Tabanidae (Diptera) proposed by Adolfo Lutz. Psyche (Cambridge) 57: 117-127 [124]. - Scaptiella Enderlein, G. 1923. Vorläufige Diagnosen neuer Tabanidengenera. (Dipt.). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 1923: 544-545 [544].
Type species:
Pangonia aperta Loew, 1923 by monotypy. - Astypia Enderlein, G. 1925. Studien an blutsaugenden Insekten I. Grundlagen eines neuen Systems der Tabaniden. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 11: 253-409 [297].
Type species:
Pangonia jacksoni Enderlein, 1925 by original designation. - Clanis Walker, F. 1850. Diptera. Part I. pp. 1-76 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. [9] [preocc. Hübner, 1816].
Type species:
Pangonia contigua Walker, 1848 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 [524]. - Lilaea Enderlein, 1922 [misapplied name of Walker, 1850, by wrong selection of Pangonia roei Enderlein, 1922, which was actually the misapplied name of Macleay, 1826 (= Pangonia concolor Walker, 1850), Australia as type species (Mackerras 1960). Corrected by Ferguson (1926, pp. 294, 304).].
Introduction
Medium to rather large (9–16 mm) plump species, with moderately diverging frons and long slender proboscis with small labella. This genus is endemic to Australia and New Guinea, although the species were once considered to be part of the genus Pseudoscione which is now limited to South American species (Lessard et al. 2013; Lessard 2014). A key to 32 species known from Australia was provided by Lessard & Mackerras (2012), and eleven species known from New Guinea provided by Mackerras (1964).
Some species are nectar feeding, visiting flowers of Leptospermum and Eucalyptus, as well as exhibiting blood-feeding (Mackerras 1960; Lessard & Yeates 2012; Lessard 2014).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW: South East Corner (SEC) ; NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NT, SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Jarrah Forest (JF)
General References
Lessard, B.D. 2014. Revision of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae). Austral Entomology [printed version: Austral Entomology (2014) 53, 203–239] (Raised to genus (stat. n.) from synonym of Scaptia (Pseudoscione))
Lessard, B.D., Cameron, S.L., Bayless, K.M., Wiegmann, B.M. & Yeates, D.K. 2013. The evolution and biogeography of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae) inferred from multiple mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 516-540
Lessard, B.D. & Yeates, D.K. 2012. Seven new Australian species of the Southern Hemisphere Horse Fly Subgenus Scaptia (Pseudoscione) (Diptera: Tabanidae), Including descriptions and a revised key. Journal of Medical Entomology 49(6): 1206-1225
Mackerras, I.M. 1960. The Tabanidae (Diptera) of Australia III. Subfamily Pangoniinae, tribe Scionini and supplement to Pangoniini. Australian Journal of Zoology 8: 1-152
Mackerras, I.M. 1964. The Tabanidae (Diptera) of New Guinea. Pacific Insects 6: 69-210
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2022 | TABANIDAE | 26-Oct-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bryan Lessard (ABRS) |
| TABANIDAE | 15-Apr-2014 | ADDED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |