Species Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Musca illucens Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [589].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM sex unknown, South America.
• Musca leucopa Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [983].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) LS sex unknown, America.
• Hermetia rufiventris Fabricius, J.C. 1805. Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae [= Brunswick] : Reichard xiv + 372 pp. Index, pp. 1–30. [Date published 31 December 1805] [63].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC 2♀, America meridionali.
• Hermetia nigrifacies Bigot, J.M.F. 1879. Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 11e partie. XVI. Curiae Xylophagidarum et Stratiomydarum (Bigot) [part]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9(5): 183-234 [200].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Mexico.
• Hermetia illucens nigritibia Enderlein, G. 1914. Dipterologische Studien. X. Zur Kenntnis der Stratiomyiiden mit 3stiger Media und ihre Gruppierung. B. Formen, bei denen der 1. Cubitalast mit der Discoidalzelle eine Strecke verschmolzen ist (Familien: Hermetiinae, Clitellariinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 44(1): 1-25 [9].

  Type data:

   Holotype PAN sex unknown, Brazil, Santa Catarina.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Woodley, N.E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Washington and Leiden : North American Dipterists Society and Backhuys 473 pp. (full synonymy)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Apr-2018	STRATIOMYIDAE	19-Apr-2018	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)