Genus Graptomyza Wiedemann, 1820
Compiler and date details
2012 - S.Wright, Queensland Museum. Checklist of species mostly following Evenhuis, N.L. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version, accessed 2011-2012) (Evenhuis, N.L. [Originally] by Thompson, F.C. & Vockeroth, J.R., 2007)
2007 - R. Johnson, data taken from Evenhuis, N.L. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (accessed 2007)
- Graptomyza Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1820. Munus rectoris in Academia Christiano-Albertina interum aditurus nova dipterorum genera. Kiliae [= Kiel] : Holsator viii + 23 pp. [16].
Type species:
Graptomyza longirostris Wiedemann, 1820 (on plate.) by original designation. - Graptomyza Henning, 1832 [junior homonym].
Type species:
Graptomyza longicornis Henning, 1832 (preoccupied. = Graptomyza longirostris Wiedemann, 1820) by original designation. - Barytecerocera Walker, F. 1857. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo by A.R. Wallace, Esq., with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 105-136 [123] [junior homonym].
Type species:
Baryterocera inclusa Walker, 1857 by monotypy. - Barytocera Bigot, 1883 [subsequent misspelling].
- Protograptomyza Hull, F.M. 1949. The morphology and inter-relationship of the genera of syrphid flies, recent and fossil. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 26: 257-408 [351] [Graptomyza subg.].
Type species:
Graptomyza doddi Ferguson, 1926 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Diagnosis
The genus may be readily recognized by the presence of distinct thoracic bristles; face downwardly produced and pilose; discal crossvein placed well before the middle of the discal cell; the apical (i. e. the distal portion) and the posterior crossvein rectangular; and the flattened area on the disc of the scutellum.
Diagnosis References
Ferguson, E.W. 1926. Revision of Australian Syrphidae (Diptera). Part ii, with a supplement to part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 517-544 [541]
Shannon, R.C. 1927. A new genus and five new species of Syrphidae from Australia (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 29: 82-87 [83]
General References
Evenhuis, N.L. [Originally] by Thompson, F.C. & Vockeroth, J.R. 2007. Family Syrphidae. In Evenhuis, N. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. (online version). http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/hybotidae.html (2011-2012)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2017 | SYRPHIDAE | 24-Aug-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2012 | 29-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Apr-2010 | MODIFIED |