Species Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) obscura Skuse, 1890

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dicranomyia obscura Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Part VII.—The Tipulidae brevipalpi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(3): 757-892, Pls. XXI-XXIV [764].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, Knapsack Gully, Blue Mountains, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) adult (without abdomen); ANIC(MMUS) ♂ ♀ adults and one specimen of indeterminate sex (11 specimens not found).
• Dicranomyia inculta Alexander, C.P. 1928. New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera).—XXXIX. Australasian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 1: 577-601 [585].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Ferntree Gully, Dandenong Range, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Alexander, C.P. 1933. New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera).—L. Australasian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 12: 335-357 [340]

 

Generic Combinations

• Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) obscura Skuse, 1890.
• Limonia (Dicranomyia) obscura (Skuse, 1890).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

General References

Theischinger, G. 1994. The Limoniinae (Diptera: Tipulidae) of Australia V. The genera Helius Le Peletier & Serville, Toxorhina Loew, Limonia Meigen (part), Tonnoiromyia Alexander and Collessophila gen. nov. (all tribe Limoniini) and Atarba Osten-Sacken, Amphineurus Skuse, Erioptera Meigen, Cheilotrichia Rossi, Gonomyia Meigen and Idiocera Dale (all tribe Eriopterini). Stapfia 36: 37-276 [95] (taxonomy, distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Mar-2016		30-Aug-2011	MOVED
31-Jul-2018		09-Aug-2011	MOVED
31-Jul-2018		02-Aug-2011	MOVED
31-Jul-2018		26-Jul-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)