Species Gymnastes (Paragymnastes) fascipennis (Thomson, 1869)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Limnobia fascipennis Thomson, C.G. 1869. Diptera. Species nova descripsit. pp. 443-614 in Unknown (ed.). Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jordan under befl af C.A. Virgin, Âren 1851-1853. Vol. 2 (Zoologi), [section] 1, (Insecta). Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Sner 617 pp. [447].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀ adult, Sydney (as Sidney), NSW.
• Gnophomyia cordialis Osten Sacken, C.R. 1888. Studies on Tipulidae. Part II. Review of the published genera of the Tipulidae brevipalpi. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 31: 163-241 [199].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW 3♂ adults, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Part VII.—The Tipulidae brevipalpi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(3): 757-892, Pls. XXI-XXIV [824]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General References

Alexander, C.P. 1932. A review of the Tipulidae of Australia (Diptera). I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57: 1-23 [5] (incorrectly claimed to be a preoccupied name)

History of changes