Species Pelidnoptera nigripennis (Fabricius, 1794)

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• Musca nigripennis Fabricius, J.C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. 1. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 4 472 pp. [346].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC sex unknown, "Galliae stercore", France.
• Oscina melanoptera Olivier, M. 1812. Insects 8. In, Latreille, P.A. (Ed.). Encyclopédie méthodique Histoire naturelle Paris. Paris : Société de Gens de letteres, de Savans et d’Artistres pp. 361-722. [566].
• Otites nigripennis Westwood, J.O. in Macquart, J. 1835. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Diptères. pp. 1-710 in Roret, N.E. (ed.). Nouvelles suites à Buffon. Paris : unknown Vol. 2. [1 April 1835] [426].
• Phaeomyia nigripennis Schiner, I.R. 1864. Fauna Austriaca. Die Fliegen Diptera 2. Wien 658 pp. [43].
• Pelidnopetra nigripennis Hendel , F. 1902. Revision der paläarktischen Sciomyziden (Dipteren-Subfamilie). Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 2(1): 1-92 [21].

 

Generic Combinations

• Pelidnoptera nigripennis (Fabricius, 1794).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced as biological control agent of pest millipede Ommatoiulus moreleti (Lucas) (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae). Not known whether species has become established. Extra-limital distribution: widespread throughout Palaearctic region

Introduced from Portugal.

Distribution References

History of changes

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		08-Oct-2010	ADDED