Species Psilota nitida (Macquart, 1850)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Coeloprosopa nitida Macquart, J. 1850. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplément. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1849(2): 309-479 [reprinted with pagination 5–161, Roret, Paris. The reprint version includes only pp. 309–465 of the original journal article] [449 (145)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHNP ED9344 ♀, Tasmania.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Young, A.D., Skevington, J.H. & Van Steenis, W. 2020. Revision of the Psilota Meigen, 1822 flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4737(1): 1-126 [66].

Generic Combinations

• Psilota nitida (Macquart, 1850). —
  Thompson, C. & Vockeroth, J.R. 1989. Family Syrphidae. pp. 437-458 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [454]
• Coeloprosopa nitida Macquart, 1850.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Flinders (FLI), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant (host(s): Leptospermum minutifolium (blossoms)) (associated flora: Cuttsia viburnea).

Diagnosis References

Young, A.D., Skevington, J.H. & Van Steenis, W. 2020. Revision of the Psilota Meigen, 1822 flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4737(1): 1-126 [63-65] (redescription)

History of changes