Species Meridiochorista ruficeps (Newman, 1850)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Panorpa ruficeps Newman, [E.] 1850. [No Title ('The following description, by Mr Newman, of Panorpa ruficeps, a new species from New Holland, was then read')]. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1850: 14 [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (Riek, E.F. 1973. A revision of Australian scorpion flies of the family Choristidae (Mecoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 103–112 states that its 'Location [is] not known'; Byers, G.W. pers. comm. says that a ♀ was in the type collection in 1964), Port Phillip (as Port Philip), VIC.
• Chorista victoriensis Issiki, S. 1931. Two new species of scorpion flies (Insecta, Order Mecoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 7: 219-222 [219].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Cockatoo, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Riek, E.F. 1954. The Australian Mecoptera or scorpion-flies. Australian Journal of Zoology 2: 143-168 [149]

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)