Species Microtropesa sinuata (Donovan, 1805)

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• Musca sinuata Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [plate, figure unnumbered; description unpaginated].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂ (type lost), Australia.
• Tachina bura 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]] [760].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Tasmania.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Crosskey, R.W. 1973. A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. Suppl. 21: 1-221 [135].
• Microtropesa ignipennis Brauer, F. 1899. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Muscaria Schizometopa. I. Bemerkungen zu den Originalexemplaren der von Bigot, Macquart und Robineau-Desvoidy beschriebenen Muscaria Schizometopa aus der Sammlung des Herrn G.H. Verrall. Dritte Folge. Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 108: 495-529 [510] [unavailable name: see Crosskey, 1971: 278].
• Microtropesa latimana Malloch, J.R. 1929. Notes on Australian Diptera. XX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 283-343 [287].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K36825 ♀, Queensland [22° 29' 13" S, 144° 25' 54" E].
• Microtropeza latimana Malloch, 1929 [original spelling; error for Microtropesa].

Generic Combinations

• Microtropesa sinuata (Donovan, 1805).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Micrptropeza sinuata (Donovan, 1805) [error for Microtropesa].

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR)

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