Genus Macroglossum Scopoli, 1777

Museums

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• Macroglossum Scopoli, G.A. 1777. Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague : Wolfgangus Gerle 506 pp. [414].

  Type species:

   Sphinx stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Bombylia Hübner, J. 1806. Tentamen determinationis digestionis atque denomnationis singularum stirpium Lepidoptorum, peritis ad inspiciendum et dijudicandum communicatum. Augsberg. [2] pp. [[1]] [suppr.; work rejected for nomenclatural purposes by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1926, Smithson. misc. Collns 73 (4) (Opinion 97): 19. Also idem, 1954, Opin. Decl. int. Commn zool. Nom. 6 (Opinion 278): 140].
• Macroglossa Ochsenheimer, F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Leipzig : Fleisher Vol. 4 223 pp. [41] [unjustified emendation].
• Psithyros Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [132].

  Type species:

   Sphinx stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae Supplement 9: i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67 [432].
• Bombylia Hübner, J. 1822. Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichniss aller bisher bey den Fürbildungen zur Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge angegebenen Gattungsbenennungen; mit Vormerkung auch augsburgischer Gattungen. Augsburg : Hübner vi 81 pp. [junior objective synonym of Macroglossum Scopoli].

  Type species:

   Sphinx stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae Supplement 9: i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67 [616].
• Macroglossa Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1833. Memoire sur les Lepidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 2(2): 149-270 [226] [junior homonym of Macroglossa Ochsenheimer, 1816].

  Type species:

   Macroglossa milvus Boisduval, 1833 by subsequent designation, see Fletcher, D.S. in Nye, I.W.B. 1982. The Generic Names of Moths of the World. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 4 xiv+192 pp., frontispiece. [95].
• Rhamphoschisma Wallengren, H.D.J. 1858. Nya fjäril-slägten. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 15: 75-84, 135-143, 209-215 [139].

  Type species:

   Rhamphoschisma fasciatum Wallengren, 1858 by original designation.
• Ramphoschisma Wallengren, H.D.J. 1863. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 7: 137-151 [misspel.].
• Macroglossus Neave, S.A. 1940. Nomenclator Zoologicus. London : The Zoological Society of London Vol. 77. [misspel.].

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

SPHINGIDAE: Macroglossum divergens Walker, 1856 [Included in Australia as M. divergens queenslandi however no longer recorded in Australia following elevation of M. queenslandi to species level by Moulds et al. (2020). M. queenslandi also placed as M. heliophila queenslandi however M. heliophila Boisduval 1875 is a junior synonym of M. divergens Walker 1856.]

SPHINGIDAE: Macroglossum hirundo Boisduval, 1832 [replaced in Australia by M. errans Walker, 1856, see Moulds et al. (2020)] — Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414. [176]

SPHINGIDAE: Macroglossum troglodytus Boisduval, 1875 [included from Australia as M. troglodytus papuanum, and as M. insipida papuanum however M. troglodytus Boisduval, 1875 is the senior synonym of M. insipida Butler 1875. Following the elevation of M. papuanum to specific rank by Moulds et al. (2020), M. troglodytus is no longer recorded from Australia. See Moulds et al. (2020) for further information.] — Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414. [186]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET) ; NT, Qld, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Dampierland (DL), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Northern Kimberley (NK), Tanami (TAN)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414.

History of changes