Subgenus Hexatoma (Eriocera) Macquart, 1838

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eriocera Macquart, J. 1838. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. [Volume 1. Part 1]. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1838(2): 9-225 [82] [for stablility and in accordance with common usage, this name is retained as the valid name although Caloptera is the valid name by date priority, see Oosterbroek, P. 1989. Family Tipulidae. pp. 53–116 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press; Leiden : E.J. Brill 1155 pp. (92); original description on page 72 of the reprint edition].

  Type species:

   Limnobia nigra Weidemann, 1828 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Oosterbroek, P. 1989. Family Tipulidae. pp. 53-116 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp.
• Caloptera Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1831. Insectes. Pls 20–21 in Duperrey, L.J. Voyage Autour du Monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. Atlas. Paris : Bertrand. [pl. 20 fig. 2].

  Type species:

   Caloptera fasciata Guérin-Méneville, 1831 by monotypy.
• Evanioptera Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1838. Insectes. in Duperrey, L.J. Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. ii Pt 2 H. 286-302 pp. [287] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Caloptera].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Oosterbroek, P. 1989. Family Tipulidae. pp. 53-116 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [92]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Maluku, Indonesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV) ; ACT, NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Billingham, Z. & Theischinger, G. 2022. New and Poorly Known Species of Crane Flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 74: 19-40

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022	LIMONIIDAE Rondani, 1856	12-Apr-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Bryan Lessard (ABRS)
01-Mar-2016		30-Aug-2011	MOVED
31-Jul-2018		09-Aug-2011	MOVED
03-Nov-2011		19-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		19-Apr-2011	MODIFIED