Species Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) saxatilis Skuse, 1890
- Dicranomyia saxatilis 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 [762].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult, Near Coogee Bay, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) saxatilis Skuse, 1890.
- Limonia (Dicranomyia) saxatilis (Skuse, 1890).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected from rainforest canopy.
General References
Alexander, C.P. 1948. The crane-flies of New Caledonia (Diptera, Tipulidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 99: 361-393 [376] (as Limonia (Dicranomyia) saxatilis (Skuse, 1890))
Kitching, R.L. & Theischinger, G. 1996. The biodiversity of arthropods from Australian rainforest canopies: Tipulidae, with a description of the new species Leptotarsus (Macromastix) alfie Theischinger. The Entomologist 115(3): 140-153 [147]
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 [98] (taxonomy, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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) |