Genus Styringomyia Loew, 1845

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• Styringomyia Loew, H. 1845. Dipterologische Beiträge. [Erster Theil.] [Zu der] öffentlichen Prüfung der Schüler des Königlichen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasiums, Posen. [6].

  Type species:

   Stringomyia venusta Loew, 1845 by monotypy.
• Styringia Berendt, G.C. 1845. Die im Bernstein befindlichen organischen Reste der Vorwelt gesammelt in Verbindung mit mehreren bearbeitet. Erster Band. Abtheilung I. Der Bernstein und die in ihm befindlichen Pflanzenreste der Vorwelt. Danzig [= Gdansk]. [57] [nom. nud.].
• Idiophlebia Grünberg, K 1903. Eine neue Tipulidengattung Idiophlebia nov. gen., von den Karolinen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 26: 524-528 [524].

  Type species:

   Idiophlebia pallida Grünberg, 1903 by monotypy (= Stryingomyia didyma Grimshaw, 1901).
• Pycnocrepis Enderlein, G. 1912. Studien über die Tipuliden, Limoniiden, Cylindrotomiden und Ptychopteriden. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 32: 1-88 [65].

  Type species:

   Pycnocrepis annulipes Enderlein, 1912 by original designation.
• Mesomyites Cockerell, T.D.A. 1917. New Tertiary insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52(2181): 373-384 [Date published 23/Feb/1917] [377].

  Type species:

   Mesomyites concinna Cockerell, 1917 by monotypy.
• Syringomyia Alexander, C.P. 1972. Diptera, Tipulidae. Insects of Micronesia 12: 733-863 [841] [unjustified emendation of Styringomyia].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Edwards, F.W. 1914. A revision of the tipulid genus Styringomyia, Lw. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1914: 206-227 (synonymy not stated explicitly, but types of other genera treated as synonyms of S. venusta)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Solomon Ils, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Belau, New Caledonia, Fiji, Micronesia, Hawaiian Ils, American Samoa, French Polynesia, Guam, Dingman Reef, Kiribati, Marshall Ils, Northern Marianas, Vanuatu and the Oriental Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NT: Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

Distribution References

General References

Edwards, F.W. 1924. New data concerning Styringomyia (Diptera, Tipulidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 13: 265-274 [265] (morphology)

 

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
		12-Feb-2010	(import)