Subgenus Molophilus (Molophilus) Curtis, 1833
- Molophilus Curtis, J. 1833. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London : John Curtis Vol. 10 pls 434-481. [Date published 31/12/1833] [444] [see qualification for Erioptera].
Type species:
Molophilus brevipennis Curtis, 1833 by original designation (= Erioptera atra Meigen, 1804]).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya, New Caledonia.
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), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII) ; NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
Billingham, Z. & Theischinger, G. 2022. New and Poorly Known Species of Crane Flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 74: 19-40
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2022 | LIMONIIDAE Rondani, 1856 | 12-Apr-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Bryan Lessard (ABRS) |
| 01-Mar-2016 | 30-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 31-Jul-2018 | 09-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Nov-2011 | 14-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |