Introduction

Micropezidae is a medium-sized family of flies, known from about 520 species worldwide. The Australian fauna is relatively small, comprising 30 described species in six genera. Micropezid flies are distinctive with long slender bodies and long legs. Hennig (1935-1936) published a world revision of the Tylidae (Micropezidae). Evenhuis (1989) catalogued the known Australian taxa. The most current treatments of the Australian fauna for this family are by McAlpine — subfamily classification (1975), and a review of the family (1998) that is followed here.

Ecology
Adults are known to be predators of smaller insects in Europe, and are attracted to decaying matter such as fruit and excrement. Virtually nothing is known about larval micropezids. Typical habitats include Eucalypt tree trunks, grasses and shrubs. Some species appear to be restricted to rainforest habitat (e.g. species in subgenus Metopochetus). Badisis and Calycopteryx species are apterous, having lost both wings and halteres. Larvae of Calycopteryx mosleyi have been associated with Kerguélen cabbage on Kerguélen and Heard Island, and the larvae of Badisis ambulans were found in the pitcher of the Albany Pitcher Plant Cepahlotus follicularis by Yeates (1992).

General References

Evenhuis, N.L. 1989. Family Micropezidae. pp. 464-467 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.

Hennig, W. 1935. Revision der Tyliden (Dipt., Acalypt.). II. Teil: die ausseramerikanischen Taeniapterinae, die Trepidariinae und Tylinae. Allgemeines über die Tyliden. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Sunda-expedition Rensch, 1927 [part]. Konowia 14: 192-216, 289-310. [Publication split: pp. 192-216 (15 June); 289-310 (15 December)]

Hennig, W. 1935. Revision der Tyliden (Dipt., Acalypt.). II. Teil: die ausseramerikanischen Taeniapterinae, die Trepidariinae und Tylinae. Allgemeines über die Tyliden. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Sunda-expedition Rensch, 1927 [part]. Konowia 14: 68-92 [Date published 15 March]

Lonsdale, O. 2020. Family groups of Diopsoidea and Nerioidea (Diptera: Schizophora)—Definition, history and relationships. Zootaxa 4735(1): 1-177 [39]

McAlpine, D.K. 1975. The subfamily classification of the Micropezidae and the genera of Eurybatinae (Diptera : Schizophora). Journal of Entomology. Series B 43: 231-245

McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134

Yeates, D.K. 1992. Immature stages of the apterous fly Badisis ambulans McAlpine (Diptera: Micropezidae). Journal of Natural History 26: 417-424

History of changes

History of changes

• Calycopteryx Eaton, A.E. 1875. Breves Dipterarum uniusque Lepidopterarum insulae Kerguelensi indigenarum diagnoses. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 12: 58-61 [59].

  Type species:

   Calycopteryx mosleyi Eaton, 1875 by monotypy.

Distribution

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

History of changes

• Calycopteryx mosleyi Eaton, A.E. 1875. Breves Dipterarum uniusque Lepidopterarum insulae Kerguelensi indigenarum diagnoses. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 12: 58-61 [59].

  Type data:

   Holotype CUMZ ♂, Rev. A.E. Eaton, "Kerguelen's Island" = Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Kerguelen Island.
• Calycopteryx moseleyi Eaton, 1875 [subsequent misspelling].
• Calycopteryx moseleyi moseleyi Brown, K.G. 1964. The Insects of Heard Island. Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports Series B 1 Zoology: 1-39 [26].
• Calycopteryx moseleyi var. minor Enderlein, G. 1909. Die Insekten des antarktischen Gebietes. pp. 361-528 in Drygalski, E. von, ed. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern. Berlin : G. Reimer Vol. 10(Zoologie 2, Heft 4). [Date published January] [469-470].
• Calycopteryx moseleyi minor Brown, K.G. 1964. The Insects of Heard Island. Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports Series B 1 Zoology: 1-39 [26-27].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [60-61]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Kerguelen Island

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

History of changes

History of changes

• Badisis McAlpine, D.K. 1990. A new apterous micropezid fly (Diptera: Schizophora) from Western Australia. Systematic Entomology 15: 81-86 [Date published January] [81-82].

  Type species:

   Badisis ambulans McAlpine, 1990 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Badisis ambulans McAlpine, D.K. 1990. A new apterous micropezid fly (Diptera: Schizophora) from Western Australia. Systematic Entomology 15: 81-86 [Date published January] [82-85].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (27-29.ix.1987, D.K. McAlpine), Western Australia, near Warren River, 10 km S of Pemberton.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Cothornobata Czerny, L. 1932. Tyliden und Neriiden des Zoologischen Museums in Hamburg. (Dipt.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 93: 267-302 [Date published November] [267].

  Type species:

   Cothornobata striatifrons Czerny, 1932 (= Trepidaria cyanea Hendel, 1913) by monotypy.
• Sphaericocephala Czerny, L. 1932. Tyliden und Neriiden des Zoologischen Museums in Hamburg. (Dipt.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 93: 267-302 [Date published November] [291] [as synonym of Cothornobata. Unavailable under Article 11(e) of I.C.Z.N. (International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 1985); as synonym of Trepdidarioides Frey. Unavailable under Article 11 (e) of I.C.Z.N. (International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 1985)].

  Type species:

   Trepidaria cyanea Hendel by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Hennig, W. 1935. Revision der Tyliden (Dipt., Acalypt.). II. Teil: die ausseramerikanischen Taeniapterinae, die Trepidariinae und Tylinae. Allgemeines über die Tyliden. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Sunda-expedition Rensch, 1927 [part]. Konowia 14: 192-216, 289-310. [Publication split: pp. 192-216 (15 June); 289-310 (15 December)] [305]; Steyskal, G.C. 1977. Family Micropezidae. pp. 12-20 in Delfinado, M.D. & Hardy, D.E. (eds). A catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Volume 3. Suborder Cyclorrapha (excluding Division Aschiza). Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii Vol. 3 x + 854 pp. [12].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Cothornobata aczeli McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [96-99].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (24.xi.1970, D.K. McAlpine), NSW, Iluka (nr) Clarence River.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Cothornobata alta McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [101-103].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (21.i.1991, B.J. Day & D.K. McAlpine), Queensland, Longland's Gap area, Hugh Nelson Range, nr Upper Barron.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Cothornobata grallina McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [103-106].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (1-2.ii.1991, B.J. Day & D.K. McAlpine), Queensland, 13 kms S of Ravenshoe (Tully Falls Rd).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Cothornobata levis McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [106-108].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (4.i.1982, A. Daniels & G. Daniels), Queensland, Cape Tribulation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Cothornobata linea McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [95-96].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (2-9.iv.1984, D.C. Rentz), Norfolk Island, Captain Cook Memorial.

Distribution

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Cothornobata macula McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [99-101].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (28.i.1991, B.J. Day & D.K. McAlpine), Queensland, Edge Hill, nr Cairns.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Crepidochetus Enderlein, G. 1922. Klassifikation der Mikropeziden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 88: 140-229 [Date published June] [172].

  Type species:

   Crepidochetus forcipatus Enderlein, 1922 by original designation.
• Gongylocephala Czerny, L. 1932. Tyliden und Neriiden des Zoologischen Museums in Hamburg. (Dipt.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 93: 267-302 [Date published November] [292-293].

  Type species:

   Gongylocephala nigrifemur Czerny, 1932 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

History of changes

• Crepidochetus ios McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [109-111].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (28.v.1966, D.K. McAlpine), Queensland, N. Qld, Claudie River, nr Mt Lamond, Iron Range district.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

History of changes

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Metopochtus [error for Metopochetus].

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP) ; NSW, Vic: South East Corner (SEC) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; SA, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Crus McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [64].

  Type species:

   Calobata compressa Walker, 1853 by original designation.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, Vic: South East Corner (SEC) ; SA, Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP) ; SA, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Crus) aper McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [71-73].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, no date, A. Adcock, South Australia, Kulpara (South Hummocks district, W of Balaklava).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

History of changes

• Calobata compressus Walker, F. 1853. Diptera. Part IV. pp. 253-414 in Saunders, W.W. (ed.). Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1. [389].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, no date, anon, NSW, Hunter River.

  Subsequent designation references:

  McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [68].

Generic Combinations

• Metopochetus (Crus) compressus (Walker, 1853). —
  McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [68-69]
• Metopochetus compressus (Walker, 1853). —
  McAlpine, D.K. 1975. The subfamily classification of the Micropezidae and the genera of Eurybatinae (Diptera : Schizophora). Journal of Entomology. Series B 43: 231-245 [239]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Crus) corax McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [73-75].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ (29.xi.1992, S.F. McEvey, M.S. Moulds, D.K. McAlpine), South Australia, 2 km N of Donovan's (Donovan's Landing), nr Glenelg River.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

SA, Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Crus) curvus McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [64-66].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (10.x.1959, D.K. McAlpine), NSW, Royal National Park, nr Waterfall.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Crus) freyi McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [66-67].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K.456162 ♂ (15.xi.1986, B.J. Day and R. de Keyzer), NSW, Falbrook, nr 'Tuglo', Mt Royal Range.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Crus) lugens McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [75-76].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (25.ii.1961, D.K. McAlpine), NSW, 10 mi (c. 16 km) E of Bungendore (Queanbeyan district).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Crus) micidus McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [69-71].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (27.iii.1967, D.K. McAlpine), NSW, Mt Wilson, Blue Mtns.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Calobata terminalis Walker, F. 1853. Diptera. Part IV. pp. 253-414 in Saunders, W.W. (ed.). Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1. [390] [nomen dubium].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂?, no date, no collector (Regarding gender - original description listed specimen as male. The holotype in the BM no longer has an abdomen), locality data not given, but it belongs in an Australian subgenus.

Generic Combinations

• Metopochetus (Crus) terminalis (Walker, 1853) [nom. dub.]. —
  McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [76]
• Metopochetus terminalis (Walker, 1853). —
  McAlpine, D.K. 1975. The subfamily classification of the Micropezidae and the genera of Eurybatinae (Diptera : Schizophora). Journal of Entomology. Series B 43: 231-245 [239]

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

History of changes

• Metopochetus Enderlein, G. 1922. Klassifikation der Mikropeziden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 88: 140-229 [Date published June] [164, 171, 172] (as genus).

  Type species:

   Metopochetus ralumensis Enderlein, 1922 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Metopochetus) aequalis McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [87-89].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (1.ii.1983, K.C. Khoo, D.K. McAlpine), NSW, Brunswick Heads.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Metopochetus) impar McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [90-91].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (27.i.1991, B.J. Day, D.K. McAlpine), Queensland, The Boulders, nr Babinda.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Scela McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [77].

  Type species:

   Metopochetus clarus McAlpine, 1998 by original designation.

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Scela) clarus McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [77-79].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀ (21.ii.1971, D.K. McAlpine), NSW, Lord Howe Island, nr Ned's Beach.

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Seva McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [81].

  Type species:

   Calobata bivittata Macquart, 1846 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Seva) bickeli McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [83-85].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (19.xii.1970, G.A. Holloway), Western Australia, Gloucester Tree Fire Station, 1.25 mi (c. 2 km) E of Pemberton.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Calobata bivittata Macquart, J. 1846. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplément. Mémoires de la Société des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille 1844: 133-364, pls 1-20 [The date on the wrapper of the journal is 1846, the date on the title page is 1845. The last 4 pages of this paper in the journal (containing the index) are numbered 363, 364, 363, 364. The next article in the journal begins on page 365. The pagination of the reprint is continuous, thus the reprint appears to contain 2 additional pages. Reprinted with pagination 5-238, Roret, Paris, with "1846" on both the wrapper and title page. Reprint recorded in the 7 November 1846 issue of Bibliogr. Fr. The Bibliogr. Fr. mentions the journal version in the 22 August 1846 issue; it was presented by Macquart at the 22 July 1846 meeting of the Société Entomologique de France] [342-343 (214-215)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, collection of M. Bigot, no date, no collector, "De l'île Sidney" (probably NSW, Sydney).

  Subsequent designation references:

  McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [81].
• Calobata picea Walker, F. 1853. Diptera. Part IV. pp. 253-414 in Saunders, W.W. (ed.). Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1. [391].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, "Van Dieman's Land" (Tasmania).
• Calobata tenuipes Walker, F. 1853. Diptera. Part IV. pp. 253-414 in Saunders, W.W. (ed.). Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1. [393].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, "Van Dieman's Land" (Tasmania).

Generic Combinations

• Metopochetus bivittatus (Macquart, 1846). —
  Hennig, W. 1935. Revision der Tyliden (Dipt., Acalypt.). II. Teil: die ausseramerikanischen Taeniapterinae, die Trepidariinae und Tylinae. Allgemeines über die Tyliden. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Sunda-expedition Rensch, 1927 [part]. Konowia 14: 192-216, 289-310. [Publication split: pp. 192-216 (15 June); 289-310 (15 December)] [297-298] (Description based partly on other species)
• Metopochetus (Seva) bivittatus (Macquart, 1846). —
  McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [81-83]
• Metopochetus ? tenuipes (Walker, 1853). —
  Hennig, W. 1935. Revision der Tyliden (Dipt., Acalypt.). II. Teil: die ausseramerikanischen Taeniapterinae, die Trepidariinae und Tylinae. Allgemeines über die Tyliden. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Sunda-expedition Rensch, 1927 [part]. Konowia 14: 192-216, 289-310. [Publication split: pp. 192-216 (15 June); 289-310 (15 December)] [298]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Seva) regius McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [85-87].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (12.xi.1983, B.J. Day, K.C. Khoo), NSW, Mt Royal, nr (c. 63 km N of) Singleton (c. 650 m).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Veru McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [79].

  Type species:

   Metopochetus aitkeni McAlpine, 1998 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP)

History of changes

• Metopochetus (Veru) aitkeni McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [79-81].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ (27.i.1965, P. Aitken), Victoria, Princess Margaret Rose Cave, Nelson district.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP)

History of changes

History of changes

• Mimegralla Rondani, C. 1850. Osservazioni sopra alquante specie di esapodi ditteri del Museo Torinese. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. Bologna 3 2: 165-197 [180].

  Type species:

   Calobata coeruleifrons Macquart, 1843 by original designation.
• Hybobata Enderlein, G. 1922. Klassifikation der Mikropeziden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 88: 140-229 [Date published June] [196].

  Type species:

   Calobata triannulata Macquart, 1843 by original designation.
• Cyclosphen Frey, R. 1927. Zur Systematik der Diptera Haplostomata. III. Fam. Micropezidae. Notulae Entomologicae 7: 65-76 [Date published 10 November] [69].

  Type species:

   Taeniaptera galbula Osten Sacken, 1882 by original designation.
• Neocalobata Malloch, J.R. 1935. Phoridae, Agromyzidae, Micropezidae, Tachinidae and Sarcophagidae (supplement). Insects of Samoa 6: 329-366 [Date published 23 February] [346] [as subgenus of Calobata].

  Type species:

   Calobata deferens Malloch, 1935 by original designation.
• Townesa Steyskal, G.C. 1952. Australasian stilt-legged flies (Diptera: Tylidae) in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102 [= No. 3294]: 161-180 [Date published 26 February] [171-172].

  Type species:

   Townesa spinosa Steyskal, 1952 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Other Regions

Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

• Calobata abana Walker, F. 1849. List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Parts II-IV. London : British Museum. [Publication split: p. [3] + 231-484 [= Part II] (21 April); p. [3] + 485-687 [= Part III] (30 June); p. [3] + 688-1172 + [2] [= Part IV]] [1054].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, species described without locality data.

Generic Combinations

• Mimegralla abana (Walker, 1849). —
  Evenhuis, N.L. 1989. Family Micropezidae. pp. 464-467 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. [466]

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Extra Distribution Information

Erroneous or dubious record from Australia; Indonesia, Maluku

History of changes

• Mimegralla contingens australica Hennig, W. 1935. Revision der Tyliden (Dipt., Acalypt.). II. Teil: die ausseramerikanischen Taeniapterinae, die Trepidariinae und Tylinae. Allgemeines über die Tyliden. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Sunda-expedition Rensch, 1927 [part]. Konowia 14: 68-92 [Date published 15 March] [91-92].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂ (21.vi-24.vii.1913, R.E. Turner), N. Queensland, Kuranda.

  Subsequent designation references:

  McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [115].

Generic Combinations

• Mimegralla australica Hennig, 1935 [proposed (incorrectly) as a new replacement name for specimens misidentified by Enderlein as lunaria Osten Sacken.]. —
  Evenhuis, N.L. 1989. Family Micropezidae. pp. 464-467 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. [466]

Distribution

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Calobata brevicellulata Macquart, J. 1843. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxième. — 3e partie. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1842: 162-460 [403-404 (246-247)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀, "du port Jackson" (assumed to be Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia)
  Comment: the type material in the Paris Museum does not agree with any Australian species and the country of origin is unknown.

  Type locality references:

  McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [59].

Generic Combinations

• Mimegralla brevicellulata (Macquart, 1843). —
  Hennig, W. 1935. Revision der Tyliden (Dipt., Acalypt.). II. Teil: die ausseramerikanischen Taeniapterinae, die Trepidariinae und Tylinae. Allgemeines über die Tyliden. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Sunda-expedition Rensch, 1927 [part]. Konowia 14: 68-92 [Date published 15 March] [89-90]

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Extra Distribution Information

Australia (NSW) [error, = Unknown; see McAlpine, 1998: 59]

Distribution References

History of changes

• Mimegralla cocoensis McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [119-121].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (19.xi.1964, T.G. Campbell), Cocos(keeling) Islands, South Island.

Distribution

Other Regions

Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Mimegralla lyra McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [112-114].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (13.vii.1974, H.Heatwole, E.Cameron), Torres Strait Islands, Yorke Island.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Papua New Guinea

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

• Calobata sepsoides Walker, F. 1859. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in the Aru Islands by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species [concl.]. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 3: 111-131 [1 February] [124].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀? (genitalia missing) (probably Jan.-June 1857, A.R. Wallace), Aru Islands.
• Calobata impingens Walker, F. 1860. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Makessar in Celebes by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species [continued]. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 4: 145–172 [161-162].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂♀, A.R. Wallace, Indonesia, Celebes, Makessar.
• Calobata contraria Walker, F. 1861. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Dorey, New Guinea, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 5: 229-254 [Date published 27 March] [253].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MV ♂ (probably Mar.-July 1858, A.R. Wallace), West New Guinea, Dorey, Vogelkop distict.

  Type locality references:

  McAlpine, D.K. 1998. Review of the Australian stilt flies (Dipera : Micropezidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the family. Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 55-134 [117].
• Calobata bürgersi Enderlein, G. 1922. Klassifikation der Mikropeziden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 88: 140-229 [Date published June] [184].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂ (30.v.1912, Bürgers), "Deutsch Neu-Guinea" (north eastern PNG, formerly German New Guinea).
• Mimegralla alimana keiensis Hennig, W. 1935. Revision der Tyliden (Dipt., Acalypt.). II. Teil: die ausseramerikanischen Taeniapterinae, die Trepidariinae und Tylinae. Allgemeines über die Tyliden. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Sunda-expedition Rensch, 1927 [part]. Konowia 14: 192-216, 289-310. [Publication split: pp. 192-216 (15 June); 289-310 (15 December)] [201].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZIH 3♀, "Kei-Inseln", (Kei Islands).
• Mimegralla ponapensis Hennig, W. 1935. Revision der Tyliden (Dipt., Acalypt.). II. Teil: die ausseramerikanischen Taeniapterinae, die Trepidariinae und Tylinae. Allgemeines über die Tyliden. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Sunda-expedition Rensch, 1927 [part]. Konowia 14: 192-216, 289-310. [Publication split: pp. 192-216 (15 June); 289-310 (15 December)] [207].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIH ♂, "Karolinen, Ponape" (Caroline Islands, Ponape).
• Mimegralla ponapensis kusaieana Steyskal, G.C. 1952. Australasian stilt-legged flies (Diptera: Tylidae) in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102 [= No. 3294]: 161-180 [Date published 26 February] [170-171].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂ (21.viii.1946, H.K. Townes No.1815), Caroline Islands, Kusaie Island (Lele).

Generic Combinations

• Mimegralla sepsoides (Walker, 1859). —
  Evenhuis, N.L. 1989. Family Micropezidae. pp. 464-467 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. [466]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Aru Islands, New Guinea (mainland); possibly Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Micronesia

IBRA

NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC)

History of changes