Species Molophilus (Austromolophilus) acutistylus Alexander, 1929

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• Molophilus acutistylus Alexander, C.P. 1929. New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera).—XLII. Australasian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 3: 327-346 [343].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂ adult, Cockatoo, VIC.
  Paratype(s) USNM ♀ adult.
• Molophilus decinctus Alexander, C.P. 1930. New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera).—XLV. Australasian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 5: 370-388 [387].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂ adult (only pin and label left, specimen lost), Bogong High Plains, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♂ adult.
• Molophilus trifasciolatus Alexander, C.P. 1934. Notes on the Australian species of Molophilus (Tipulidae, Diptera). II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 59: 179-189 [188].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂ adult, Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, NSW.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♂ adult.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Theischinger, G. 1992. The Limoniinae (Diptera: Tipulidae) of Australia. II. The genus Molophilus Curtis. Stapfia 27: 5-150 [11] (also taxonomy, distribution)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Mar-2016		30-Aug-2011	MOVED
31-Jul-2018		09-Aug-2011	MOVED
03-Nov-2011		10-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)