Species Harpobittacus nigriceps (Sélys-Longchamps, 1868)
- Bittacus nigriceps Sélys-Longchamps, E. de 1868. Diagnose d'un nouveau genre d'Agrionine d'Australie: Synlestes Weyersii, et d'une Panorpide nouvelle d'Australie: Bittacus nigriceps. Bulletin ou Comptes-rendus des Séances de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 11: LXXVI-LXXVIII [77].
Type data:
Lectotype RIB ♂, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) RIB 5♂ 16♀.Subsequent designation references:
Lambkin, K.J. 1994. Revision of the Australian scorpion-fly genus Harpobittacus (Mecoptera: Bittacidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 767-808 [799].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Bornemissza, G.F. 1966. Observations on the hunting and mating behaviour of two species of scorpion flies (Bittacidae: Mecoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 371-382
Thornhill, R. 1983. Cryptic female choice and its implications in the scorpionfly Harpobittacus nigriceps. American Naturalist 122: 765-788
Thornhill, R. 1984. Fighting and assessment in Harpobittacus scorpionflies. Evolution 38: 204-214
Willmann, R. 1981. Das Exoskelett der männlichen Genitalien der Mecoptera (Insecta). I. Morphologie. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 9: 96-150
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |