Genus Elachiptereicus Becker, 1909

Museums

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• Elachiptereicus Becker, T. 1909. Collections recueillies par M. Maurice de Rothschild dans l'Afrique orientale anglaise. Insectes: diptères nouveaux. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] (1) 15: 113-121 [Date published 27 April] [119].

  Type species:

   Elachiptereicus bistriatus Becker, 1909 by monotypy.
• Opsiceras Seguy, E. 1946. Mission de M. Risbec en Afrique occidentale. Encyclopédie Entomologique Insectes Dipteres Paris Ser. B, II 10: 9-14 [12].
• Semaranga Becker, T. 1911. Chloropidae. Eine monographische Studie. III. Teil. Die indo-australische Region. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 9: 35-170 [Date published 26 June] [48].

  Type species:

   Semaranga dorsocentralis Becker, 1911 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Nartshuk, E.P. 2013. Grassflies of the subfamily Chloropinae (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Vietnam and Thailand, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3702: 534–544 [537].

Introduction

Placement in tribe Mepachymerini confirmed by Riccardi & Amorim (2020).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Riccardi P.R. & Amorim, D.D.S. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Chloropinae of the world (Diptera: Chloropidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1-53 [39]

History of changes