Species Gynoplistia (Gynoplistia) bella (Walker, 1835)
- Ctenophora bella Walker, F. 1835. Characters of some undescribed New Holland Diptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 2: 468-473 [470].
Type data:
Holotype ♀ adult, Australia (as New Holland). - Gynoplistes variegata Westwood, J.O. 1835. Insectorum Arachnoidumque novorum decades duo. Journal of Zoology, London 5: 440-455 [448].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM ♂ ♀ adults (number of specimens in type series not stated in original description), Australia (as Australasiâ). - Variegata gymnoplistioides Bigot, J.M.F. 1854. Essai d'une classification générale et synoptique de l'ordre des Insectes Diptères (3e mémoire). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 2: 447-482 [456].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown unknown (no information given for sex, locality or repository), not given. - Gynoplistia elegans Walker, F. 1856. Diptera. Part V. pp. 415–474 in, Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., & c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1. 474 pp. [447].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ adults, NSW. - Gynoplistia bella pallidapicalis Alexander, C.P. 1922. Undescribed crane-flies (Tanyderidae and Tipulidae) in the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 223-270 [250].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ adult, Cradle Mountian, TAS.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Westwood, J.O. 1835. Insectorum novorum exoticorum (ex ordine Dipterorum) descriptiones. London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine 3 6: 280-281 [30 April 1835] [280] (synonymy of Gynoplistes variegata Westwood, 1835 with Gynoplistia bella (Walker, 1835))
- Theischinger, G. 1993. The Limoniinae (Diptera: Tipulidae) of Australia. III. The genus Gynoplistia Macquart. Stapfia 29: 1-106 [18] (synonymy of Gynoplistia bella pallidapicalis Alexander, 1922)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), 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), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
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 [235] (explanation of Bigot's description of Variegata gymnoplistioides Bigot, 1854 (misspelt))
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 [868]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2016 | 30-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 31-Jul-2018 | 09-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Nov-2011 | 19-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |