Species Pterodontia mellii Erichson, 1840

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Species Pterodontia mellii Erichson, 1840

Pterodontia mellii Erichson, W.F. 1840. Entomographien. Untersuchungen in dem Gebiete der Entomologie, mit besonderer Benutzung der Königl. Sammlung zu Berlin. Erstes Heft. Berlin : F.H. Morin x 180 pp. [163].
Type data:
Status unknown, ZMB 2 sex unknown (pers. comm. Dr Ziegler at ZMB), Liverpool plai….
Pterodontia macquarti Westwood, J.O. 1848. Descriptions of some new exotic species of Acroceridae (Vesiculosa, Latr.), a family of dipterous insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 5: 91-98 [97] [unnecessary nom. nov. for flavipes Macquart, 1838].
Nothra bicolor Westwood, J.O. 1876. Notae Dipterologicae. No. 3.— Descriptions of new genera and species of the family Acroceridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876: 507-518 [515].
Type data:
Status unknown, OUM sex unknown, Australia.
Pterodontia flavipes Macquart, J. 1838. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome première – 2.e partie. Paris : Roret pp. 5-207. [175] [junior homonym; preocc. Gray, 1832 and misid.].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP ♀, Australia.
Pterodontia variegata White, A. 1914. The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania. Part I. Families Leptidae, Stratiomyidae, Nemestrinidae, & Cyrtidae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1914: 35-74 [Date published 10 September 1914] [68].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂ (possibly in BMNH), TAS, Lefroy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Paramonov, S.J. 1957. A review of Australian Acroceridae (Diptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 5: 521-546 (suggested the synonymy of Pterodontia variegata with P. macquarti)
Winterton, S.L. 2012. Review of Australasian spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a revision of Panops Lamarck. ZooKeys 172: 7–75 [69] (supported the synonymy of Pterodontia variegata)

Distribution

States

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

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Victoria

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Aug-2013	Panopinae	14-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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