Genus Mallochinus Edwards, 1929

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• Mallochinus Edwards, F.W. 1929. Notes on the Ceroplatinae, with descriptions of new Australian species (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 162-175 [174] [originally introduced as a subgenus in Ceroplatus Fabricius, 1798. Keroplatus Bosc, 1792 was unjustifiedly emended to Ceroplatus Fabricius, 1798 this was adopted by subsequent authors until corrected by Freeman, P. 1951. Mycetophilidae. Diptera Patagonia South Chile 3: 138 pp. (19), see Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. In four volumes. Vol. I. A—C. London : The Zoological Society 957 pp. (648), Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. In four volumes. D–L. London : The Zoological Society Vol. II (824, 825) and Matile, L. 1990. Recherches sur la systématique et l'évolution des Keroplatidae (Diptera, Mycetophiloidea). Mémoires de la Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris A 148: 1–682 (255) (nomenclature)].

  Type species:

   Keroplatus mastersi Skuse, 1888 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. London : Zoological Society of London Vol. I(A–C) 957 pp.; Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. London : Zoological Society of London Vol. II(D-L) 1025 pp.; Freeman, P. 1951. Mycetophilidae. Diptera Patagonia South Chile 3: 138 pp.; Matile, L. 1990. Recherches sur la systématique et l'évolution des Keroplatidae (Diptera, Mycetophiloidea). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 148: 1-682.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Matile, L. 1989. 8. Family Keroplatidae. pp. 128-133 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. [130] (full generic rank as Mallochinus Edwards, 1929)

Matile, L. 1990. Recherches sur la systématique et l'évolution des Keroplatidae (Diptera, Mycetophiloidea). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 148: 1-682 [276] (taxonomy and general biology)

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