Species Leptotarsus (Macromastix) constrictus (Skuse, 1890)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macromastix constricta Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Part VIII.—The Tipulidae longipalpi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5(1): 53-139, Pls. IV-VI [134].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, Como, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult; ANIC(MMUS) several adults (not found).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1974. The Tipulidae (Diptera) of Australia. X. The genus Leptotarsus Guérin; the subgenus Macromastix Osten–Sacken. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 25: 31-62 [35].
• Macromastix (Macromastix) clarkiana Alexander, C.P. 1930. New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera).—XLIV. Australasian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 5: 136-156 [142].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂ adult, Cann River, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♀ adults (number unknown); NMV ♂ adults (number unknown).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1974. The Tipulidae (Diptera) of Australia. X. The genus Leptotarsus Guérin; the subgenus Macromastix Osten–Sacken. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 25: 31-62 [35]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes