Species Drosophila (Drosophila) repleta Wollaston, 1858

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• Drosophila repleta Wollaston, T.V. 1858. Brief diagnostic characters of undescribed Madeiran insects [concl.]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 1: 113-125 [February; the first part of this article appeared on pp. 18-28] [117].
• Drosophila nigropunctata Wulp, F.M. van der 1891. Eenige uitlandsche Diptera. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 34: 193-218 [31 December] [216].

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [49] (Wheeler treats the synonymy of nigropunctata and repleta with uncertainty).
• Drosophila pygmaea Duda, O. 1927. Die südamerikanischen Drosophiliden (Dipteren) unter Berhcksichtigung auch der anderen neotropischen sowie der nearktischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte A 91(11/12): 1-229 [September] [125] [as repleta var., preocc.; not pygmaea Duda, 1926: 94, 102].

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [48-49].
• Drosophila adspersa Mik, J. 1886. Dipterologische Miscellen. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 5: 328-331 [Date published 31 Dec 1886] [328].

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [49].
• Drosophila austrorepleta Dobzhanksy, T. & Pavan, C. 1943. Studies on Brazilian species of Drosophila. Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo, Biologia Geral 4: 7-72 [50].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, Brazil.

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [49].
• Drosophila betari Dobzhanksy, T. & Pavan, C. 1943. Studies on Brazilian species of Drosophila. Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo, Biologia Geral 4: 7-72 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, Brazil.

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [49].
• Drosophila brunneipalpa Dobzhanksy, T. & Pavan, C. 1943. Studies on Brazilian species of Drosophila. Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo, Biologia Geral 4: 7-72 [53].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, Brazil.

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [49].
• Drosophila maculiventris Wulp, F.M. van der 1897. Zur Dipteren-Fauna von Ceylon. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20: 136-144 [142].

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [49] (Wheeler treats the synonymy of maculiventris and repleta with uncertainty).
• Drosophila melanopalpa Patterson, J.T. & Wheeler, M.R. 1942. Description of new species of the subgenera Hirtodrosophila and Drosophila. University of Texas Publications 4213: 67-109 [1 April] [77].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMNH ♂, Cochise County, Chiricahua Mtns, Cave Creek, Arizona, USA.

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [49].
• Drosophila punctulata Loew, H. 1862. Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria secunda. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 6: 185-232 [May] [232].

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [49].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wheeler, M.R. 1981. The Drosophilidae: a taxonomic overview. pp. 1-97 (eds) Ashburner, M., Carson, H.L. & Thompson, J.N. Jr The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Vol. 3a. London : Academic Press (16 October). [48-49]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Nearctic Region where numerous related species occur.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Madagascar
• Mauritius

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia
• Hawaii

Nearctic Region

• Mexico
• United States of America

Neotropical Region

• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Brazil
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Panama
• Puerto Rico

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
  • Java

Palaearctic Region

• Canary Islands
• Madeira Islands

History of changes

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