Subgenus Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) Meigen, 1818
- Forcipomyia Meigen, J.W. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Erster Theil. Aachen : F.W. Forstmann xxxvi 332 pp. [73] [generic name originally published in synonomy with Ceratopogon, but available under ICZN Art. 11(d) according to Debenham, M.L. 1987. The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian Region (exclusive of New Zealand) III: The subgenera Forcipomyia, s. s., and Lepidohelea. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 269–350 (231)].
Type species:
Tipula bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Westwood, J.O. 1840. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. Synopsis of the genera of British insects [part]. Order XIII. Diptera Aristotle. (Antliata Fabricius. Halteriptera Clairv.). London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans pp. 125-154. [126]. - Labidomyia Stephens, J.F. 1829. The Nomenclature of British Insects; being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the systematic catalogue of British insects, and forming a guide to their classification, &c. &c. London : Baldwin & Cradock 368 pp. [52] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Forcipomyia (as Foricpomyia Megerle)].
Type species:
Tipula bipunctata Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Westwood, J.O. 1840. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. Synopsis of the genera of British insects [part]. Order XIII. Diptera Aristotle. (Antliata Fabricius. Halteriptera Clairv.). London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans pp. 125-154. [126]. - Tetraphora Philippi, R.A. 1865. Aufzählung der chilenischen Dipteren. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 595-782 [630].
Type species:
Tetraphora fusca Philippi, 1865 by monotypy. - Prohelea Kieffer, J.J. 1911. Les chironomides (Tendipedidae) de l'Himalaya et d'Assam. Records of the Indian Museum 6: 319-349 [319].
Type species:
Ceratopogon decipiens Kieffer, 1910 by subsequent designation, see Brunetti, E. 1920. Catalogue of Oriental and South Asiatic Nemocera. Records of the Indian Museum 17: 1-300 [48].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Debenham, M.L. 1987. The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian Region (exclusive of New Zealand) III: The subgenera Forcipomyia, s. s., and Lepidohelea. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 269-350 [271]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
Ubiquitous throughout Australia.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), 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), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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), Pine Creek (PCK), 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), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
General References
Debenham, M.L. 1987. The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian Region (exclusive of New Zealand) III: The subgenera Forcipomyia, s. s., and Lepidohelea. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 269-350 [270] (taxonomy, biology)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |