Species Leptotarsus (Macromastix) costalis (Swederus, 1787)
- Tipula costalis Swederus, N.S. 1787. Et nytt genus och femtio nya species af insecter [concl.]. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 8: 276-290 [286].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH adult, TAS (as Terra a van Dieman dicta). - Megistocera pacifica Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [270].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB adult (sex unknown), TAS (as Van Diemans land). - Macromastix macquartiana Alexander, C.P. 1924. New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera).—XX. Australasian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 13: 177-194 [187].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♂ adult, Hobart, TAS.
Paratype(s) USNM ♀ adult; USNM ♂ adult; MNHP adults (sex and number unknown).Type locality references:
Alexander, C.P. 1932. A review of the Tipulidae of Australia (Diptera). I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57: 1-23 [7].
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. [59]
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Cape Barron Island.
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General 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 [33, 35, 38] (taxonomy)
Osten Sacken, C.R. 1887. Studies on Tipulidae. Part I. Review of the published genera of the Tipulidae longipalpi. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 30: 153-188 [end January 1887] [187] (taxonomy)
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 [130] (taxonomy)
Wilson, F.E. 1929. Concerning Crane Flies. Victorian Naturalist 46: 88-94 [93] (unjustified emendation as Macromastix costata)
History of changes
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| 03-Nov-2011 | 03-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |