Introduction

The Scatopsidae are a species-poor, cosmopolitan family of small dark nematocerans with 1 segmented palps, and wings with distinctly darkened and thickened anterior radial veins contrasting with paler posterior veins. Adults are encountered on flowers, and associated with decaying vegetative and animal materials of many kinds. The latter habitats are the preferred breeding site for some of the few species whose biologies are known, including two cosmopolitan species Scatopse notata and Coboldia fuscipes. Larval Scatopsidae are dorsoventrally flattened, with an exerted (non-retractile) head capsule, peripneustic respiratory system with spiracles on protuberances in some taxa.

There are some 250 species worldwide, with a dozen or more species known as fossils, dating from as early as the Upper Cretaceous.

General References

Amorim, D.S. & Haenni, J.-P. 1992. A new species of Psectrosciara Kieffer from East Siberia belonging to the scatopsiformis-group of species (Diptera. Scatopsidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft / Bulletin of the Société Entomologique Suisse 65: 363-367

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971]

Laštovska, P. & Haenni J.-P. 1981. Scatopse globulicauda sp. from the European Alps, with notes on S. notata (Diptera, Scatopsidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 78: 340-347

History of changes

History of changes

• Anapausis Enderlein, G. 1912. Zur Kenntnis der Zygophthalmen. Über die Gruppierung der Sciariden und Scatopsiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 40: 261-282 [278].

  Type species:

   Scatopse soluta Loew, 1846 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical and Neotropical Regions.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

General References

Cook, E.F. 1965. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part VIII. The genus Anapausis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 58: 7-18 [7] (taxonomy)

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [67] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Anapausis apiocybe Cook, E.F. 1977. A new genus and five new species of Scatopsidae (Diptera) from New Guinea and Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 447-452 [451].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 6018 ♂ adult, Bilyana, 25.7 km SW of Tully, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Anapausis conspicua Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5986 ♂ adult, Minnamurra Falls, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 3♀ adults (1 ♀ not found).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Anapausis irritata Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [69].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5987 ♂ adult, Alpine Creek, Snowy Mountains Highway, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 16♂ 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Buxton, VIC, and Kiandra and Alpine Creek, Snowy Mountains Highway, NSW.

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Psectrosciara Kieffer, J.J. in Enderlein, G. 1911. Die phyletischen Beziehungen der Lycoriiden (Sciariden) zu den Fungivoriden (Mycetophiliden) und Itonididen (Cecidomyiiden) und ihre systematische Gliederung. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 77(1)(Suppl. 3): 116-201 [192].

  Type species:

   Psectrosciara mahensis Kieffer, 1912 by monotypy, see Edwards, F.W. 1927. Some Nematocerous Diptera from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 14: 117-128 [120] (= Scatopse brunnescens Brunetti, 1911).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Distribution References

General References

Amorim, D.S. & Haenni, J.-P. 1992. A new species of Psectrosciara Kieffer from East Siberia belonging to the scatopsiformis-group of species (Diptera. Scatopsidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft / Bulletin of the Société Entomologique Suisse 65: 363-367 [363] (taxonomy)

Cook, E.F. 1958. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part VII. The genus Psectrosciara Kieffer. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 51: 587-595 [587] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Psectrosciara dapsila Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [63].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5981 ♂ adult, Kimberley Research Station, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Psectrosciara elachys Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5982 ♀ adult, Mount Nebo, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Mount Nebo and Craighoyle, Rockhampton, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Psectrosciara minor Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [65].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5983 ♀ adult, Pyramid Creek, 10 miles SE Kerang, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Psectrosciara nitida Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [65].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5985 ♂ adult, Otford, Royal National Park, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Psectrosciara rava Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [66].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5984 ♂ adult, Mount Nebo, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Woombye, near Nambour and Mount Nebo, QLD.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

History of changes

History of changes

• Diamphidicus Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [48].

  Type species:

   Diamphidicus australis Cook, 1971 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Chile.

IBRA

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory

Distribution References

General References

Amorim, D.S. 1989. A new species of the genus Diamphidicus Cook (Diptera, Bibionomorpha, Scatopsidae) from Chile. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 33: 477-482 [477] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Diamphidicus australis Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [49].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5973 ♂ adult, Black Mountain, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 33♂ 24♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema Enderlein, G. 1912. Zur Kenntnis der Zygophthalmen. Über die Gruppierung der Sciariden und Scatopsiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 40: 261-282 [276].

  Type species:

   Rhegmoclema rufithorax Enderlein, 1912 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Bismark Archipelago, Nearctic, Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Neotropical Regions.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Distribution References

General References

Cook, E.F. 1955. A contribution toward a monograph of the family Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part I. A revision of the genus Rhegmoclema Enderlein (=Aldrovandiella Enderlein) with particular reference to the North American species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 48: 240-251 [240] (taxonomy)

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [30] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema angustipenne Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [33].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5958 ♂ adult, Kiandra, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ adult.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema bifurcatum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [33].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5959 ♂ adult, Alpine Creek, Snowy Mountains Highway, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 9♂ ♀ adults (6 paratypes not found).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema cerinum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5960 ♀ adult, King's Park, Perth, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema collessi Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [35].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5961 ♂ adult, Woombye, near Nambour (as Nambur), QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 70♂ adults.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema hirtipenne Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5962 ♂ adult, Bruxner Park, Coff's Harbour, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema macrokylum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5963 ♀ adult, Mount Edith Forest Road, 1 mile off Danbulla Road, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Mossman Gorge, Wallacha Falls and Mount Edith Forest Road, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema madarum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5964 ♂ adult, Millaa Millaa, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 6♂ 3♀ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema noscum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [39].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5965 ♂ adult, Cabbage Tree Creek, Clyde Mountain, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ ♀ adults (1♂ not found); ANIC 1 larva.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema pallidum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [40].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5966 ♂ adult, Bramston Beach, near Innisfail, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 3♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema parcum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5967 ♀ adult, Mossman Gorge, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema pleonasmon Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5970 ♀ adult, Woombye, near Nambour, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema rarum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5968 ♂ adult, Earl Hill, N of Cairns, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclema spatulatum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5969 ♂ adult, Mount Lewis Road, 8 miles off Mossman-Mount Molloy (as Mount Mulloy) Road, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Brown Mountain, Bega District, NSW and Mount Lewis Road, 8 miles off Mossman—Mount Molloy Road, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclemina Enderlein, G. 1936. 22. Ordnung: Zweiflügler, Diptera. Abt. 16. pp. 1-259 in Brohmer, P., Erhmann, P. & Ulmer, G. (eds). Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas.Vol. 6: Insekten. Leipzig : publisher unknown Vol. III. [55].

  Type species:

   Scatopse vaginata Lundström, 1910 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [44]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Micronesia, Hawaiian Ils, Nearctic, Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Neotropical Regions.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • South Australia: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Distribution References

History of changes

• Austroclemina Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [44] [originally introduced as a subgenus of Rhegmoclemina Enderlein, 1936].

  Type species:

   Rhegmoclemina (Austroclemina) batilliformia Cook, 1971 by original designation.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • South Australia: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

History of changes

• Rhegmoclemina (Austroclemina) batilliformia Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5971 ♂ adult, Denham's Beach, Batemans's Bay, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Millicent, SA, Nedlands, WA and Denham's Beach, Batemans Bay, NSW.

IBRA

NSW, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • South Australia: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclemina (Austroclemina) eximia Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂ adult, Cape Otway, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhegmoclemina (Austroclemina) teretis Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [46].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5972 ♂ adult, Mount Gingera, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 9♂ 7♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Snowy Range, Mount Kosciuszko, NSW and Mount Gingera, ACT.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

History of changes

• Colobostema Enderlein, G. 1926. Zur Kenntnis der Scatopsiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 68: 137-142 [140].

  Type species:

   Colobostema oldenbergi Enderlein, 1926 by original designation (= Scatopse tristis Zetterstedt, 1850).

  Secondary source:

   Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part V. The genus Colobostema Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 325-332 [325].

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea, Palaearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental Regions.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Distribution References

General References

Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part V. The genus Colobostema Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 325-332 [325] (taxonomy)

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [9] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Colobostema abbreviatum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5939 ♀ adult, Mossman Gorge, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema albipharsum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5940 ♂ adult, Kuranda Range State Forest, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 7♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema bihastatum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5941 ♂ adult, Black Mountain, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 9♂ 2♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Minyon Falls, 10 miles W of Rosebank, NSW and Black Mountain, ACT.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema caudiculum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5942 ♂ adult, Colo Vale, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema commoni Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5943 ♂ adult, Bruxner Park, Coff's Harbour, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 6♂ 3♀ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema cyclum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5944 ♂ adult, Lamington National Park, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ adults.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema dilemmum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5945 ♂ adult, Pebbly Beach, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4♂ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [18]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

History of changes

• Colobostema diversum diversum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [18].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5946 ♂ adult, Black Mountain, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 3♂ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema diversum wallacei Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5947 ♂ adult, Nedland, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema hirsutum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5948 ♂ adult, Samford, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ adult.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Mount Nebo and Samford, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema metarhamphe Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5949 ♂ adult, Kangaroo Valley, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 10♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema occabipes Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5950 ♂ adult, Minnamurra Falls, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 3♂ adults (1 not found).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [22]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema occidentale Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5951 ♂ adult, Nedlands, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 20♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema occidentale tonnoiri Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5952 ♂ adult, Blundell's, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ adults (not found).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Black Mountain and Blundell's, ACT.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema paracyclum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5953 ♂ adult, Mount Beauty, VIC.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ adult.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema retusum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5954 ♂ adult, Black Mountain, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 3♂ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema rhamphe Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5955 ♂ adult, The Creel, Thredbo, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 42♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema tribulosum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5956 ♂ adult, Mount Edith Forest Reserve, 1.5 miles off Danbulla Road, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Colobostema truncatum Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5957 ♂ adult, Mt Nebo, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4♂ adults.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Upper Allyn River and Bruxner Park, Coffs Harbour, NSW and Mount Nebo, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Ferneiella Cook, E.F. 1974. A Synopsis of the Scatopsidae of the Palaearctic Part III. The Scatopsini. Journal of Natural History 8: 61-100 [87] [nomen nudum; proposed after 1930 without type species designation].

  Secondary source:

   Evenhuis, N.L., Pape, T. & Pont, A.C. 2008. The problems of subsequent typification in genus-group names and the use of the Zoological Record: a study of selected post-1930 Diptera genus-group names without type species designations. Zootaxa (1912): 1-44 [Date published October 2008] [14].
• Ferneiella Cook, E.F. in Freeman, P. 1985. Family Scatopsidae. pp. 20-48 in Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P. Bibionid and scatopsid flies. Diptera: Bibionidae and Scatopsidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9(7): 1-74 [42].

  Type species:

   Scatopse incompleta Verrall, 1886 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

History of changes

• Ferneiella angusta Cook, E.F. 1977. A new genus and five new species of Scatopsidae (Diptera) from New Guinea and Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 447-452 [451].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 6017 ♂ adult, Manly Reservoir, Sydney, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Hawomersleya Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [29].

  Type species:

   Scatopse aptera Womersley, 1942 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia

IBRA

ACT, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

History of changes

• Scatopse aptera Womersley, H. 1942. A new apterous dipteron (Scatopsidae) from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66: 74 [74].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 2♂ adults, Adelaide, SA.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Canberra, ACT and Tapanappa, near Cape Jervis and Adelaide, SA.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: female brachypterous, male apterous.

General References

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [29] (nov. comb. as Hawomersleya aptera (Womersley, 1942))

Womersley, H. 1950. On the female of the dipteron Scatopse aptera Womersley, 1942. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 331-332 [331] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Reichertella Enderlein, G. 1912. Zur Kenntnis der Zygophthalmen. Über die Gruppierung der Sciariden und Scatopsiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 40: 261-282 [268].

  Type species:

   Scatopse femoralis Meigen, 1838 by original designation (misidentification =Scatops niger Meigen, 1804).

  Secondary source:

   Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part VI. The genera Scatopse Geoffroy and Holoplagia Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 593-611 [593].

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Cook, E.F. 1974. A Synopsis of the Scatopsidae of the Palaearctic Part III. The Scatopsini. Journal of Natural History 8: 61-100 [82]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

General References

Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part VI. The genera Scatopse Geoffroy and Holoplagia Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 593-611 [593] (synonymy with Scatopse Geoffroy, 1762)

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [6] (resurrection from synonymy, taxonomy)

Cook, E.F. 1974. A Synopsis of the Scatopsidae of the Palaearctic Part III. The Scatopsini. Journal of Natural History 8: 61-100 [72] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Pharsoreichertella Cook, E.F. 1974. A Synopsis of the Scatopsidae of the Palaearctic Part III. The Scatopsini. Journal of Natural History 8: 61-100 [82] [originally introduced as a subgenus of Reichertella Enderlein, 1912].

  Type species:

   Scatopse simplicinervis Duda, 1928 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

History of changes

• Reichertella forcipata Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [8].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5938 ♂ adult, Mount Majura, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 13♂ 7♀ adults; ANIC 4 larvae.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General References

Cook, E.F. 1989. Superfamily Scatopsoidea. 17. Family Scatopsidae. pp. 182-185 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. [184] (as Reichertella (Pharsoreichertella) forcipata Cook, 1971)

History of changes

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

IBRA

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory

History of changes

• Reichertella digitata Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5937 ♂ adult, Black Mountain, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ adult.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Scatopse [Geoffroy, E.L.] 1762. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Paris : Durand. [first published anonymously. Re-issued in 1764, with `qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris' removed from the title, with Geoffroy's name on the title page] [450] [validated and placed on the Offical List of Generic Names in zoology International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 441. Validation under the plenary powers of the names for five genera in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.L.) in the work entitled "Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris." (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 83–120 (85)].

  Type species:

   Tipula albipennis Fabricius, 1794 by subsequent designation, see Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considération Générales sur l'Order Naturel des Animaux Composant les Classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes; avec un Tableau Méthodique de leurs Genres Disposés en Familles. Paris : F. Schoell viii 444 pp. [this work is the subject of Opinions 11 and 136, ICZN, and is on the Official List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature] [442] (=Tipula notata Linnaeus, 1758).

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 441. Validation under the plenary powers of the names for five genera in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.L.) in the work entitled "Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris." (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 83-120 [86]; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 441. Validation under the plenary powers of the names for five genera in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.L.) in the work entitled "Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris." (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 83-120.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

General References

Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part VI. The genera Scatopse Geoffroy and Holoplagia Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 593-611 [593] (taxonomy)

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [5] (taxonomy)

Cook, E.F. 1974. A Synopsis of the Scatopsidae of the Palaearctic Part III. The Scatopsini. Journal of Natural History 8: 61-100 [71] (taxonomy)

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 441. Validation under the plenary powers of the names for five genera in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.L.) in the work entitled "Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris." (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 83-120 [86, 87] (nomenclature, placement on the Offical Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology of Scathopse Geoffroy, 1972)

History of changes

• Tipula notata Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [588] [placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 441. Validation under the plenary powers of the names for five genera in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.L.) in the work entitled "Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris." (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 83–120 (87)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Europe (as Europa).

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 441. Validation under the plenary powers of the names for five genera in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.L.) in the work entitled "Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris." (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 83-120.
• Scatopse longipennis Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part IV.—The Simuliidae and Bibionidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1363-1386 [1383].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult, Sydney, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cook, E.F. 1974. A Synopsis of the Scatopsidae of the Palaearctic Part III. The Scatopsini. Journal of Natural History 8: 61-100 [71]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General References

Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part VI. The genera Scatopse Geoffroy and Holoplagia Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 593-611 [598] (taxonomy, extralimital synonymy)

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [6] (taxonomy)

Cook, E.F. 1974. A Synopsis of the Scatopsidae of the Palaearctic Part III. The Scatopsini. Journal of Natural History 8: 61-100 [71] (taxonomy)

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1957. Opinion 441. Validation under the plenary powers of the names for five genera in the Order Diptera (Class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.L.) in the work entitled "Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris." (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 83-120 [86] (nomenclature)

Kertész, K. 1902. Catalogus Dipterorum. Budapestini : Museum Nationale Hungaricum Vol. 1. [131] (full bibliography up to 1902, taxonomy)

Krivosheina, N.P. & Haenni, J.-P. 1986. Family Scatopsidae. pp. 297-310 in Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (eds). Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 4. Sciaridae—Anisopodidae. Amsterdam : Elsevier 441 pp. [308] (extralimital synonymy)

Laštovska, P. & Haenni J.-P. 1981. Scatopse globulicauda sp. from the European Alps, with notes on S. notata (Diptera, Scatopsidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 78: 340-347 [346] (observations)

Meigen, J.W. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Erster Theil. Aachen : F.W. Forstmann xxxvi 332 pp. [300] (nov. comb. as Scatopse notata (Linnaeus, 1758))

History of changes

History of changes

• Coboldia Melander, A.L. 1916. The dipterous family Scatopsidae. Bulletin of the Washington State Agriculture Experimental Station 130: 1-21 [17].

  Type species:

   Colboldia formicarum Melander, 1916 by original designation (= Scatopse fuscipes Meigen, 1830).

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

SCATOPSIDAE: Coboldia atrata (Say, 1824) — Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part VI. The genera Scatopse Geoffroy and Holoplagia Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 593-611

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Distribution References

General References

Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part VI. The genera Scatopse Geoffroy and Holoplagia Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 593-611 [594] (synonymy with Scatopse Geoffroy, 1962)

Cook, E.F. 1974. A Synopsis of the Scatopsidae of the Palaearctic Part III. The Scatopsini. Journal of Natural History 8: 61-100 [70] (resurrection from synonymy to accommodate Scatopse fuscipes Meigen, 1830)

Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P. 1985. Bibionid and scatopsid flies. Diptera: Bibionidae and Scatopsidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9(7): 1-74 [36] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Scatopse fuscipes Meigen, J.W. 1830. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Sechster Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xi + 401 + [3] pp. [31 December; preface dated 16 August 1830] [314].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
• Scatopse fenestralis Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part IV.—The Simuliidae and Bibionidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1363-1386 [1384].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂ ♀ adults, generally distributed in NSW.
• Reichertella acuticornis Enderlein, G. 1926. Zur Kenntnis der Scatopsiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 68: 137-142 [139].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNH 2♀ adults, Mount Victoria, NSW (as Süd-Wales and Victoria-Berg).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cook, E.F. 1974. A Synopsis of the Scatopsidae of the Palaearctic Part III. The Scatopsini. Journal of Natural History 8: 61-100 [70]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva is anthropophilic, feeding in a wide variety of decaying plant and animal material.

General References

Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part VI. The genera Scatopse Geoffroy and Holoplagia Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 593-611 [608] (taxonomy, synonymy of Scatopse fenestralis Skuse, 1889 and Reichertella acuticornis Enderlein, 1926 and extralimital synonymy)

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [7] (nov. comb. as Reichertella fuscipes (Meigen, 1830))

Freeman, P. & Lane, R.P. 1985. Bibionid and scatopsid flies. Diptera: Bibionidae and Scatopsidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9(7): 1-74 [36] (taxonomy)

Haenni, J.-P. & Vaillant, F. 1994. Description of dendrolimnobiontic larvae of Scatopsidae (Diptera) with a review of our knowledge of the preimaginal stages of the family. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft / Bulletin of the Société Entomologique Suisse 67: 43-59 [43] (larval biology, annotated bibliography)

Hardy, D.E. 1957. Diptera: Bibionidae and Scatopsidae. Insects of Micronesia 12: 87-102 [99] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Pararhexosa Freeman, P. 1990. [not yet found]. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 126.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Rhexoza chelata Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [60].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5980 ♂ adult, Kangaroo Valley, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 20♂ 8♀ adults.

Generic Combinations

• Pararhexosa chelata (Cook, 1971). —
  de Souza Amorim, D 2007. Two new genera of Swammerdamellini (Diptera, Scatopsidae), with discussion of the position of the species of Rhexoza. Zootaxa 1640: 41-53 [43]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Colo Heights, Putty Road, 30 miles S of Singleton, Putty Road and Kangaroo Valley, NSW.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Rhexoza senticosa Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [59].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5979 ♂ adult, Evelyn, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 5♂ adults.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• de Souza Amorim, D 2007. Two new genera of Swammerdamellini (Diptera, Scatopsidae), with discussion of the position of the species of Rhexoza. Zootaxa 1640: 41-53 [43]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Evelyn, Maalan and Millaa-Millaa, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Swammerdamella Enderlein, G. 1912. Zur Kenntnis der Zygophthalmen. Über die Gruppierung der Sciariden und Scatopsiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 40: 261-282 [265].

  Type species:

   Scatopse brevicornis Meigen, 1830 by original designation.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

General References

Cook, E.F. 1956. A contribution toward a monograph of the Scatopsidae (Diptera). Part IV. The genus Swammerdamella Enderlein. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 15-29 [15] (taxonomy)

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [50] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Swammerdamella araia Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5974 ♂ adult, Bamaga, Cape York, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Swammerdamella arthmia Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [52].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5975 ♂ adult, Lake Sinclair, TAS.
  Paratype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 43♂ 6♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Mount Gingera, ACT, 6 miles SW of Maydena and Lake StClair, TAS.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Swammerdamella crenata Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [53].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5976 ♂ adult, Warrell's Creek, north coast, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Wombat Creek, Brindabella Road, ACT and Warrell's Creek, NSW.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Scatops richmondensis Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Nematocera.—Supplement II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5(3): 595-640, Pl. XIX [639].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult (not found; number of specimens in type series not stated in original description), Richmond River, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General References

Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [54] (as Swammerdamella richmondensis (Skuse, 1890))

History of changes

• Swammerdamella sessionis Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [55].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5977 ♂ adult, Brown Mountain, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4♀ adults.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Brown Mountain and New England National Park, NSW, and Coree Creek, ACT.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Swammerdamella stenotis Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [56].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 5978 ♂ adult, Kangaroo Valley, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ adult.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Mount Majura, ACT and Kangaroo Valley, NSW.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes

• Swammerdamella therisa Cook, E.F. 1971. The Australian Scatopsidae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 8: 1-90 [Date published 15/11/1971] [57].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂ adult, Timboon, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV 2♂ ♀ adults; ANIC 9♂ 11♀ adults.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

History of changes