Species Discomyza maculipennis (Wiedemann, 1824)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Notiphila maculipennis Wiedemann, C.R.G. 1824. Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniensi maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat. Kiliae [= Kiel]. 60 pp. [57].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMW, "Ind. Orient. Coll. Winth. (Ind. Orient.)".
• Discomyza obscurata Walker, F. 1860. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Makessar in Celebes by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species [continued]. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 4: 145–172 [169].
• Discomyza balioptera Loew, H. 1862. Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 6(1)[= No. 141]: xxiv + 221 [140].
• Discomyza pelagica Frauenfeld, G. von 1867. Zoologische Miscellen. XI. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 425-502 [451].
• Discomyza amabilis Kertész, K. 1901. Neue und bekannte Dipteren in der Sammlung des Ungarischen National-Museums. Természetrajzi Füzetek 24: 403-432 [421].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• De Meijere, J.C.H. 1908. Studien über südostasiatische Dipteren. II. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 51: 105-180 [25 September] [166] (for Discomyza amabilis Kertész, 1901)
• Bezzi, M. 1914. Studies in Philippine Diptera, I. Philippine Journal of Science Section D. General Biology, Ethnology and Anthropology 8: 305-332 [332] (for Discomyza obscurata Walker, 1860)
• Cresson, E.T., Jr 1925. Studies in the dipterous family Ephydridae, excluding the North and South American faunas. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 51: 227-258 [Date published 8 October] [242] (for Discomyza balioptera Loew, 1862 and Discomyza pelagica Frauenfeld, 1867)

 

Generic Combinations

• Homalura maculipennis (Wiedemann, 1824). —
  Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1830. Aussereuropische zweiflgelige Insekten Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werkes. Erster Theil. Hamm. : Schulz xii + 684 p. [Date published 31 December] [574]
• Discomyza maculipennis (Wiedemann, 1824). —
  De Meijere, J.C.H. 1908. Studien über südostasiatische Dipteren. II. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 51: 105-180 [25 September] [166]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread China, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Zatwarnicki, T. & Cielniak, M. 2015. A review of the genus Discomyza (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Afrotropical, Australasian/Oceanian and Oriental Regions. Zootaxa 3963(1): 1-26 [17]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Nov-2024	EPHYDRIDAE Zetterstedt, 1837	22-Nov-2024	MOVED	Dr Bryan Lessard (ABRS)
	EPHYDRIDAE	15-Jun-2015	ADDED