Species Desmometopa inaurata Lamb, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

• Desmometopa inauratum Lamb, C.G. 1914. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Vol. V. No. XV.—Diptera: Heteroneuridae, Ortalidae, Trypetidae, Sepsidae, Micropezidae, Drosophilidae, Geomyzidae, Milichidae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Zool. 2 16: 307-372 [July] [363-364].
• Desmometopa semiaurata Sabrosky, 1958.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sabrosky, C.W. 1983. A synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 19(8): 1-69 [22-23]

 

Generic Combinations

• Desmometopa inaurata Lamb, 1914. —
  Sabrosky, C.W. 1958. East African Milichiidae (Diptera). (Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zoologischen Ostafrika-Expedition 1951/52, Gruppe Lindner - Stuttgart, Nr. 32). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 4: 1-5 [4]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Desmometopa M-nigrum (Zetterstedt, 1848) [sensu Bezzi, 1928].
• Desmometopa ciliata Hendel, 1919 [sensu Malloch, 1924].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Seychelles; American Samoa, Fiji, French Polynesia (Marquesas Is), Hawaiian Is, Pitcairn Is, Tuvalu; widespread in Afrotropical and Neotropical Regions

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Mulga Lands (ML), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2011		05-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)