Species Dilophus longirostris Macquart, 1850
- Dilophus longirostris 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] [321] [the original description is on page 17 of the reprint edition].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 8 adults, TAS.Type locality references:
Hardy, G.H. 1929. On the type locality of certain flies described by Macquart in "Diptères exotiques", supplement four. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 61-64 (doubts concerning the veracity of Verreaux specimens labelled Tasmania). - Philia rostrata Hardy, D.E. 1951. Studies in Pacific Bibionidae (Diptera). Part II: genus Philia Meigen. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 14: 257-275 [271].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♀ adult, Argalong, Buccleugh, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855 [834]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Type-locality: 'Tasmania', probably was actually Sydney. Syntype series in MNHN. Dr G. H. Hardy (1929) reported that the majority, if not all, of Macquart's Diptera listed in his fourth supplement from Tasmania, were actually from Sydney.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855 [834] (presence in SA)
History of changes
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| 16-Nov-2011 | 01-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |