Species Rutilia (Donovanius) retusa (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

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• Musca retusa Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [775].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia [= Queensland].
• Dexia athida Walker, F. 1849. List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Parts II-IV. London : British Museum. [Publication split: p. [3] + 231-484 [= Part II] (21 April); p. [3] + 485-687 [= Part III] (30 June); p. [3] + 688-1172 + [2] [= Part IV]] [854].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Western Australia, Swan River.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Crosskey, R.W. 1973. A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. Suppl. 21: 1-221 [123].
• Rutilia viriditestacea Macquart, J. 1851. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 4.e supplément publié dans les mémoires de 1849. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1850: 134-294 [190 (217)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, 'Tasmania'.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Crosskey, R.W. 1971. The type-material of Australasian, Oriental and Ethiopian Tachinidae (Diptera) described by Macquart and Bigot. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 25: 251-305 [Date published 2 March] [290].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Crosskey, R.W. 1973. A revisionary classification of the Rutiliini (Diptera: Tachinidae), with keys to the described species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Supplement) 19: 1-167 [Date published 22 February] [73]

Generic Combinations

• Rutilia (Donovanius) retusa (Fabricius, 1775). —
  Crosskey, R.W. 1973. A revisionary classification of the Rutiliini (Diptera: Tachinidae), with keys to the described species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Supplement) 19: 1-167 [Date published 22 February] [73]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, Tas, WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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