Introduction

Family Sphaeroceridae is a large family of flies with a worldwide distribution. They are found in diverse habitats and are often encountered in large numbers, typically associated with decaying organic matter such as plants, fungi or faeces, where their larvae feed on micobial material. A few species are known to be necrophages, particularly associated with carrion.

More than 1300 species of Sphaeroceridae are known worldwide. The family is well represented in Australia, but it is thought that the number of recorded taxa constitutes only a fraction of the entire fauna, with many species still to be described. Sphaeroceridae are currently represented in Australia by 69 species in 29 genera. A remarkable number of species have widespread distributions globally, many nearly cosmopolitan.

In his 2007 publication, McAlpine included the family Sphaeroceridae as subfamily Sphaerocerinae within Heteromyzidae. As Sphaeroceridae is still recognised as a family by most specialists of this group, it has been conservatively retained as a family in this publication. However, McAlpine's positioning of the Sphaerocerinae is duly noted for future reference.

The most important published works dealing with the Australian sphaerocerid fauna are Richards (1973; review of the Australian fauna) and Roháček et al. (2001; World Catalogue of Sphaeroceridae).

General References

Evenhuis, N. (Originally by Marshall, S.A.) 2001. Family Sphaeroceridae. In Evenhuis, N.L.(ed.) Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. 15 December 2001. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/sphaero.html

McAlpine, D.K. 2007. Review of the Borboroidini or wombat flies (Diptera: Heteromyzidae), with reconsideration of the status of families Heleomyzidae and Sphaeroceridae, and descriptions of femoral gland-baskets. Records of the Australian Museum 59(2-3): 143-219 [Date published 29 August]

Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401

Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp.

History of changes

History of changes

• Norrbomia Papp, L. 1988. A review of the Afrotropical species of Norrbomia gen. n. (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae, Copromyzini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 34(4): 393-408 [394].

  Type species:

   Norrbomia indica Papp, 1988 by original designation.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Borborus marginatis Adams, C.F. 1905. Diptera africana, I. Kansas University Science Bulletin 3: 149-208 [Date published October] [198].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♀, F.L. Snow, Zimbabwe: Harare (Salisbury).
• Borborus marmoratus Becker, T. 1908. Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 4: 1-180 [133].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (in ZMHU?), Canary Islands, Teneriffe and La Palma.

Generic Combinations

• Norrbomia marginatis (Adams, 1905). —
  Papp, L. 1988. A review of the Afrotropical species of Norrbomia gen. n. (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae, Copromyzini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 34(4): 393-408 [404] (new combination)
• Copromyza (Borborillus) marginatis (Adams, 1905). —
  Richards, 0.W. 1963. Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae). Insects of Micronesia 14(5): 109-134 [113]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Zimbabwe; Belau; Canary Islands; Israel; Philippines; Africa

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Borborus (Borborillus) sordidus tropicus Duda, O. 1923. Revision der altweltlichen Arten der Gattung Borborus (Cypsela) Meigen (Dipteren). Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 89(4): 35-112 [Date published February] [86] [as variety].

  Type data:

   Lectotype HNHM ♂, India, Matheran, 800 m.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [36] (designated by Norrbom).
• Norrbomia indica Papp, L. 1988. A review of the Afrotropical species of Norrbomia gen. n. (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae, Copromyzini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 34(4): 393-408 [399].

  Type data:

   Holotype HNHM ♂, India, Matheran, 800 m.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [83]

Generic Combinations

• Norrbomia tropica (Duda, 1923). —
  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [83] (new combination)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: India; American Samoa, Austral Island, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu; Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand; Palaearctic region: Japan

History of changes

History of changes

• Acuminiseta Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [76] (as subgenus of Leptocera).

  Type species:

   Limosina pallidicornis Villeneuve, 1916 by subsequent designation, see Richards, O.W. 1930. The British species of Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Diptera). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 261-345 [268].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Acuminiseta) cercalis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [362].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70481 ♀ (10.ii.1962, D.K. McAlpine), Otford, NSW [27° 43' 13" S 114° 9' 45" E].

Generic Combinations

• Acuminiseta cercalis (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Anatalanta Eaton, A.E. 1875. Breves Dipterarum uniusque Lepidopterarum insulae Kerguelensi indigenarum diagnoses. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 12: 58-61 [59].

  Type species:

   Anatalanta aptera Eaton, 1875 by monotypy.
• Dreuxiella Matile, L. 1975. Un nouveau Sphaeroceridae aptère de l'Archipel Crozet (Dipt.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 80(5-6): 173-176 [173].

  Type species:

   Dreuxiella spinosa Matile, 1975 (= Anatalanta crozetensis Enderlein, 1908) by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Papp, L. 1983. Taxonomic notes on some flies of the Crozet Islands (Diptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 44(2): 271-281 [274]

Distribution

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

History of changes

• Anatalanta aptera Eaton, A.E. 1875. Breves Dipterarum uniusque Lepidopterarum insulae Kerguelensi indigenarum diagnoses. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 12: 58-61 [59].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (? BMNH ? Lost), Kerguelen Island.
• Anatalanta formiciformis Enderlein, G. 1903. Die Landarthropoden der von der Tiefsee-Expedition besuchten antarktischen Inseln. pp. 199-270 in Germany (ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia", 1898–1899…. Jena : C. Chun Vol. 3 270 pp. 40 pls. [226].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMHB ♀, Kerguelen Island.
• Anatalanta aptera gracilis Enderlein, G. 1908. Die Insekten des antarktische Gebietes. pp. 361-528 in Drygalski, E.D. von, ed. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski, Leiter der Expedition. X. Zoologie Berlin : G. Reimer Vol. 2(4). [430] [as variety].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMHB, Kerguelen Island, Observatory Bay.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Subantarctic Islands: Crozet Island, Heard Island, Kerguelen Island, Long Island, Murray Island

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

History of changes

• Bifronsina Roháček, J. 1983. A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part 2. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 33(1): 3-195 [95].

  Type species:

   Limosina bifrons Stenhammar, 1855 by monotypy.
• Bifronsina Roháček, 1982 [nomen nudum].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Limosina bifrons Stenhammar, C. 1855 (1854). Skandinaviens Copromyzinae granskade och beskrifne. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm ser. 3 1853: 257-442 [Date published 19 December] [401] (for full synonymy see Roháček et al., 2001: 253-254).

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sweden, Ostrogothia and Scania.
• Limosina puerula Rondani, C. 1880. Species Italicae ordinis Dipterorum (Muscaria Rnd.). Stirps XXV. Copromyzinae Zett. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 12: 3-45 [Date published 12 April] [34].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MZUF ♀, Czech Republic, Asch (= Aš).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roháček, J. 1983. A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part 2. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 33(1): 3-195 [96].
• Leptocera (Limosina) femorina Richards, O.W. 1946. On some Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the island of Guam. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 15: 129-131 [Date published 23 December] [129].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂, Guam, Pago.

Generic Combinations

• Spelobia (Bifronsina) bifrons (Stenhammar, 1855). —
  Roháček, J. 1983. A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part 2. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 33(1): 3-195 [96-98]
• Bifronsina bifrons (Stenhammar, 1855). —
  Papp, L. 2008. New genera of the Old World Limosininae (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 54(supplement 2): 47-209 [122]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Sweden; Germany, Czech Republic; Guam; Hawaiian Islands; Niue; cosmopolitan

IBRA

ACT, Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Coproica Rondani, C. 1861. Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. IV. Species Italicae ordinis Dipterorum in genera characteribus definita, ordinatim collectae, methodo analatica distinctae, et novis vel minus cognitis descriptis. Pars tertia. Muscidae Tachininarum complementum. Parmae [= Parma] : A. Stocche 174 pp. [10].

  Type species:

   Limosina acutangula Zetterstedt, 1847 by subsequent designation, see ICZN 1996. Opinion 1839. Coproica Rondani, 1861 and Ischiolepta Lioy, 1864 (Insecta, Diptera): conserved by the designation of Limosina acutangula Zetterstedt, 1847 as the type species of Coproica. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53(2): 136-137 [Date published 28 June] [136].
• Heteroptera Westwood, J.O. in Macquart, J. 1835. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Diptères. pp. 1-710 in Roret, N.E. (ed.). Nouvelles suites à Buffon. Paris : unknown Vol. 2. [1 April 1835] [570].

  Type species:

   Copromyza pusilla auct. nec. Fallén, 1820 (= Coproica acutangula (Zetterstedt, 1847)) by monotypy.
• Coprophila Duda, O. 1918. Revision der europäischen Arten der Gattung Limosina Macquart (Dipteren). Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 10: 1-240 [45] (as subgenus of Limosina Macquart, 1835).

  Type species:

   Borborus vagans Haliday, 1833 by subsequent designation, see Spuler, A. 1925. Studies in North American Borboridae (Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist 57: 99-104, 116-124 [123].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Limosina ferruginata Stenhammar, C. 1855 (1854). Skandinaviens Copromyzinae granskade och beskrifne. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm ser. 3 1853: 257-442 [Date published 19 December] [397] [cosmopolitan species; for full synonymy see Roháček et al., 2001: 137].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MULU ♀, Sweden.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Gapasin, D.P. & Kim, K.C. 1972. Taxonomic notes on five common Holarctic species of Leptocera (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65: 1245-1258 [1248].
• Borborus illotus Williston, S.W. 1896. On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 253–446 [434].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, West Indies, St. Vincent I.

Generic Combinations

• Coproica ferruginata (Stenhammar, 1855). —
  Frey, R. 1945. Tiergeographische Studien über die Dipterenfauna der Azoren. 1. Verzeichnis der bisher von den Azoren bekannten Dipteren. Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scientiarum Fennicae 8(10): 1-114 [80]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: cosmopolitan; Hawaiian Islands; New Zealand; Niue; Tonga

General References

Bergeron, M.D., Marshall, S.A. & Swann, J.E. 2015. A review of the New World Coproica (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) with a description of 8 new species. Zootaxa 5953(1): 1-157 [29]

History of changes

• Coproica hirticula Collin, J.E. 1956. Some new British Borboridae (Diptera). Journal of the Society for British Entomology 5: 172-178 [Date published 23 November] [178].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM, England, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling.

Generic Combinations

• Leptocera (Coproica) hirticula (Collin, 1956). —
  Richards, O.W. 1960. On two North American species of Leptocera Oliv., subgenus Coproica Rdi., with a review of the subgenus (Dipt., Sphaeroceridae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History Ser. 13 2: 199-208 [202, 207]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: England; New Zealand; Canada; Japan; Europe; Neotropical and Oriental region

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Limosina hirtula Rondani, C. 1880. Species Italicae ordinis Dipterorum (Muscaria Rnd.). Stirps XXV. Copromyzinae Zett. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 12: 3-45 [Date published 12 April] [40] [see Roháček et al.,2001: 138-139 for full synonymy].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MZUF sex unknown, Italy, near Parma.

Generic Combinations

• Coproica hirtula (Rondani, 1880). —
  Frey, R. 1945. Tiergeographische Studien über die Dipterenfauna der Azoren. 1. Verzeichnis der bisher von den Azoren bekannten Dipteren. Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scientiarum Fennicae 8(10): 1-114 [80]
• Leptocera (Coprophila) hirtula (Rondani, 1880). —
  Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [206]
• Limosina (Coprophila) hirtula (Rondani, 1880). —
  Duda, 0. 1938. Sphaeroceridae (Cypselidae). In "Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region". (Ed. E. Lindner.) Vol. 57. (Stuttgart). [164]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: cosmopolitan

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Coproica rufifrons Hayashi T. 1991. The genus Coproica Rondani from Pakistan (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology 42(3): 235-240 [237].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: widespread Afrotropical, Australian/Oceanian, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Bergeron, M.D., Marshall, S.A. & Swann, J.E. 2015. A review of the New World Coproica (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) with a description of 8 new species. Zootaxa 5953(1): 1-157 [37]

History of changes

• Borborus vagans Haliday, A.H. 1833. Catalogue of Diptera occuring about Holywood in Downshire. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 1: 147-180 [178] [see Roháček et al.,2001: 141-142 for full synonymy].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMI, Ireland, Downshire, Holywood.

Generic Combinations

• Coproica vagans (Haliday, 1833). —
  Frey, R. 1949. Die Dipterenfauna der Insel Madeira. Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scientiarum Fennicae 8(16): 1-47 [36]
• Leptocera (Coprophila) vagans (Haliday, 1833). —
  Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [205]
• Limosina (Coprophila) vagans (Haliday, 1833). —
  Duda, 0. 1938. Sphaeroceridae (Cypselidae). In "Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region". (Ed. E. Lindner.) Vol. 57. (Stuttgart). [167]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Ireland; cosmopolitan

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

General References

Bergeron, M.D., Marshall, S.A. & Swann, J.E. 2015. A review of the New World Coproica (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) with a description of 8 new species. Zootaxa 5953(1): 1-157 [41]

History of changes

• Howickia Richards, O.W. 1951. Bracypterous Sphaeroceridae. British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-35 2(8): 829-851 [844].

  Type species:

   Apterina trilineata Hutton, 1901 by original designation.
• Biroella Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [74] (as subgenus of Leptocera Olivier, 1913) [junior homonym].

  Type species:

   Limosina myrmecophila Knab & Malloch, 1912 by monotypy.
• Biróella Duda, 1925 [original spelling; incorrect].
• Biroina Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [330] (as subgenus of Leptocera Olivier, 1913) [replacement name].
• Popondetta Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [356] (as subgenus of Leptocera Olivier, 1813).

  Type species:

   Leptocera (Popondetta) vittigera Richards, 1973 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [18] (synonymy).
• Otwayia Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [390].

  Type species:

   Otawayia sabina Richards, 1973 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [101] (synonymy).
• Monteithiana Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [391-393].

  Type species:

   Monteithiana dealata Richards, 1973 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [18] (synonymy).
• Bentrovata Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [394-395].

  Type species:

   Bentrovata regalis Richards, 1973 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [18] (synonymy).
• Apterobiroina Papp, L. 1979. On apterous and reduced-winged forms of the families Drosophilidae, Ephydridae and Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 25(3-4): 257-374 [370].

  Type species:

   Apterobiroina australis Papp, 1979 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [18] (synonymy).
• Australimosina Papp, L. 2008. New genera of the Old World Limosininae (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 54(supplement 2): 47-209 [134].

  Type species:

   Acuminiseta flaviterga Richards, 1973 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [18] (synonym).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, S.A., Luk, S.P.L. & Dong, H. 2014. A revision of the New Zealand species of Howickia Richards. Zootaxa 3887(1): 1-36 [2]
• Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [18] (synonymies)

Introduction

A morphological phylogeny of the genus was provided by Kuwahara and Marshall (2022).

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) ; ACT, NSW, Qld: Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders (FLI), Jarrah Forest (JF), Nandewar (NAN), Warren (WAR) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW: South East Corner (SEC) ; NSW, Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP) ; NSW, Tas: Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152

History of changes

• Howickia acicula Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMAG ♂ (along creek, pans/some dung, 14.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall, debu00248893), Cuckoo Falls, 4 km E Scottsdale, along Falls Rd., Tas.
  Paratype(s) DEBU ♂ (dry heath, pans, 12–13.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall), Mount Williams National Park, Stumpys Bay Campground, Tas; DEBU various, same as Holotype; TMAG ♀ (rainforest, dung pans, 20–21.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall), Waratah, 8 km SW, Tas [41˚29’04”S 145˚27’41”E]; DEBU ♀ (rainforest, dung pans, 20–21.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall), Waratah, 8 km SW, Tas [41˚29’04”S 145˚27’41”E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Howickia auricoma Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [103].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (1200 m, 28.iv.–7.v.1978, S.& J. Peck), Mount Donna Buang, Vic.
  Paratype(s) ANIC various, same as Holotype; DEBU various, same as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Apterobiroina australis Papp, L. 1979. On apterous and reduced-winged forms of the families Drosophilidae, Ephydridae and Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 25(3-4): 257-374 [371].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG ♂, Victoria, Mt Buller, Mirimbah.

Generic Combinations

• Howickia australis (Papp, 1979).

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [106] (transferred to Howickia from former position in Apterobiroina)

History of changes

• Howickia biantenna Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMAG ♂ (dry heath, pans, 12–13.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall, debu00247613), Mount Williams National Park, Stumpys Bay Campground, Tas.
  Paratype(s) TMAG, same as Holotype; DEBU various, same as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Flinders (FLI)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) brevior Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [339].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (D.H. Colless, 31.xii.1962), NSW, Otford.

Generic Combinations

• Biroina brevior (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia brevior (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) capitalis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [343-346].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (Z.Liepa, 27.ii.1966), NSW, Boro, 10 miles S of L. Bathurst.

Generic Combinations

• Howickia capitalis (Richards, 1973).
• Biroina capitalis (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

IBRA

ACT, NSW: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Howickia cruspica Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [95].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (200 m, 28.iv–7.v.1978, S. Peck), Warburton, Cement Creek, Vic.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Monteithiana cynthia Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [394].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (G. Monteith, 7-8.ii.1967), Tasmania, Cynthia Bay, Lake St Clair.

Generic Combinations

• Howickia cynthia (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [109] (transferred from former position in Monteithiana, herein synonymised under Howickia)

History of changes

• Monteithiana dealata Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [393-394].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (G. Monteith, 2-4.ii.1967), Tasmania, Hellyer Gorge, 15 miles N of Waratah.

Generic Combinations

• Howickia dealata (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [111] (transferred from former position in Popondetta, herein synonymised under Howickia)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) dodo Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [348-349].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (G. Monteith, 2-4.ii.1967), Tasmania, Hellyer Gorge, 15 miles N of Waratah.

Generic Combinations

• Biroina dodo (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia dodo (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)

History of changes

• Howickia erythrocephala Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (22.iv.1970, D.H. Colless), Upper Allyn River, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC various (24–27.ii.1974, Z. Liepa), Brockelos Creek, 16.5 km S of Bermagui, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Corner (SEC)

History of changes

• Howickia flagella Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [115].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (900 m, Nothofagus grove, carrion trap, 23.v–7.viii.1978, S. & J. Peck), Lamington National Park, Binna Burma, Qld.
  Paratype(s) QM various, same as Holotype; DEBU various, same as Holotype; DEBU ♀ (pans, 9–10.iii.1999, S.A. Marshall), Springbrook, Qld [30˚18’00”S 150˚35’24”E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Apterobiroina flavipes Papp, L. 2021. New species of Apterobiroina L. Papp and Bentrovata Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from Australia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 67: 101-117 [105].

  Type data:

   Holotype HNHM ♂ (4.1.1979, No. 1225, pitfall traps), Kioloa State Forest, NSW.
  Paratype(s) HNHM various numerous, same data as Holotype; AMS various numerous, same data as Holotype.

Generic Combinations

• Howickia flavipes (Papp, 2021).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [117] (transferred to Howickia from former position in Apterobiroina)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Acuminiseta) flaviterga Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [362-365].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (K.R. Norris, 25.i.1962), Australian Capital Territory, Mt Gingera.

Generic Combinations

• Acuminiseta flaviterga (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Australimosina flaviterga (Richards, 1973). —
  Papp, L. 2008. New genera of the Old World Limosininae (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 54(supplement 2): 47-209 [135]
• Howickia flaviterga (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [38] (transferred to Howickia from former position in Australimosina)

History of changes

• Bentrovata flavithorax Papp, L. 2021. New species of Apterobiroina L. Papp and Bentrovata Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from Australia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 67: 101-117 [110].

  Type data:

   Holotype HNHM ♂ (25.1.1979 to 6. 3. 1979, No. 1496, pit fall traps), Gully Rd., Nornalup-Walpole Nat. Pk., WA.
  Paratype(s) HNHM various numerous, same data as Holotype; AMS various numerous, same data as Holotype.

Generic Combinations

• Howickia flavithorax (Papp, 2021).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Warren (WAR)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [119] (transferred from former position in Bentrovata, herein synonymised under Howickia)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) fuscalis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [338].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70461 ♀ (15.i.1959,, G.H. Hardy), Katoomba, NSW [33° 43' S 150° 19' E].

Generic Combinations

• Biroina fuscalis (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia fuscalis (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Howickia grandisterna Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMAG ♂ (rainforest, pans, 20–21.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall, debu00248436), Waratah, 8 km SW, Tas [41˚29’04”S 145˚27’41”E].
  Paratype(s) TMAG various, same as Holotype; DEBU various, same as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) hardyina Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [347-348].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70472 ♂ (29.vi.1957, D.K. McAlpine), Mt Wilson, Blue Mountains, NSW [33° 30' 4" S 150° 23' 41" E].

Generic Combinations

• Biroina hardyana (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602] (changed combination; misspelling)
• Biroina hardyina (Richards, 1973). —
  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [125] (spelling correction of previously changed combination)
• Howickia hardyina (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Howickia holti Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [122].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (800 m, rainforest, pitfall trap, 23.ix.1999, J. Holt), Lower Gibraltar Range, NSW [29˚31’S 152˚22’E].
  Paratype(s) AM various, same as Holotype; DEBU various, same as Holotype.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Howickia irwini Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [125].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (1000 m, Nothofagus forest, 9.vii.1980, S. & J. Peck), Kyogle, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM various (1000 m, Nothofagus litter, 24.viii.1982, S. & J. Peck), 32 km NE Wiangaree, Wiangaree State Forest, NSW; DEBU various (1000 m, Nothofagus litter, 24.viii.1982, S. & J. Peck), 32 km NE Wiangaree, Wiangaree State Forest, NSW; DEBU various (near Tweed Valley Lookout, rainforest, flight-intercept trap, 13.vi–24.viii.1982, S. & J, Peck), 33 km NE Wiangaree, NSW; DEBU various (950 m, volcanic, pitfall trap, 23.ix.1999, J. Holt), Gibraltar Range, NSW [29˚31’S 152˚22’E]; DEBU various, same as Holotype; AM various, same as Holotype; AM various (950 m, volcanic, pitfall trap, 23.ix.1999, J. Holt), Gibraltar Range, NSW [29˚31’S 152˚22’E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Popondetta) kurandensis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [358-359].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70477 ♀ (D.K. McAlpine, 21.v.1958, D.K. McAlpine), Kuranda, QLD [16° 49' 11" S 145° 38' 12" E].

Generic Combinations

• Popondetta kurandensis (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [605]
• Howickia kurandensis (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [109] (transferred from former position in Popondetta, herein synonymised under Howickia)

History of changes

• Howickia loligo Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [127].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (ex yellow tray, 24.i.1983, I.D. Naumann & J.C. Cardale), Frodshams Pass, 2 km S, Tas [42˚30’00”S 146˚13’48”E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ (1000 m, ANIC Berlesate No. 667, litter under Nothofagus gunnii & Athrotaxis selaginoides, 31.i.1980, Lawrence & Weir), Mount Field National Park, near Lake Fenton, Tas [42˚41’S 146˚37’E]; DEBU ♂ (1000 m, ANIC Berlesate No. 667, litter under Nothofagus gunnii & Athrotaxis selaginoides, 31.i.1980, Lawrence & Weir), Mount Field National Park, near Lake Fenton, Tas [42˚41’S 146˚37’E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Limosina myrmecophila Knab, F. & Malloch, J.R. 1912. New Australian Diptera from ants' nests. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: 233-237 [236].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂, NSW, Otford.

Generic Combinations

• Leptocera (Biróella) myrmecophila (Knab & Malloch, 1912). —
  Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [76]
• Leptocera (Biroina) myrmecophila (Knab & Malloch, 1912). —
  Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [330] (subgeneric combination)
• Biroina myrmecophila (Knab & Malloch, 1912). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia myrmecophila (Knab & Malloch, 1912).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) nitidipleura Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [336-338].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70445 ♂ (14.x.1956, D.K. McAlpine), (Royal) National Park, NSW [34° 7' 54" S 151° 3' 4" E].

Generic Combinations

• Biroina nitidipleura (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia nitidipleura (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Howickia notechis Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [129].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMAG ♂ (rainforest, dung pans, 20–21.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall), Waratah, 8 km SW, Tas [41˚29’04”S 145˚27’41”E].
  Paratype(s) TMAG various, same as Holotype; DEBU various, same as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Howickia nuda Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (bottom of ridge north of igloo, 812 m, Bubbia/Dracophyllum leaf litter, 20.xi.2001, Hutton, Flemons & Reid), Lord Howe Island, Mount Gower, NSW [31˚35’06”S 159˚04’34”E].
  Paratype(s) AM ♂ (bottom of southernmost gully, 670 m, pitfall trap, 18–31.i.2002, I. Hutton), Lord Howe Island, Mount Gower, NSW [31˚35’17”S 159˚04’23”E]; AM various (midway down last gully, pitfall trap, 18–31.i.2002, I. Hutton), Lord Howe Island, Mount Gower, NSW [31˚35’13”S 159˚04’19”E]; AM ♀, same as Holotype.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) percostata Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [342-343].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (D.H. Colless, 19.vii.1962), NSW, Monga.

Generic Combinations

• Biroina percostata (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia percostata (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Howickia pertusa Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [67].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMAG ♂ (pans, 11–13.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall, debu00246936), Weldborough Rainforest, Tas.
  Paratype(s) TMAG various (along creek, pans, some dung, 14.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall), Cuckoo Falls, 4 km E Scottsdale, along Falls Road, Tas; TMAG various (rainforest, pans, 18–20.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall), Hellyer Gorge, Tas [41˚16’24”S 145˚36’55”E]; TMAG various (rainforest, dung pans, 20–21.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall), Waratah, 8 km SW, Tas [41˚29’04”S 145˚27’41”E]
  Comment: multiple specimens from each paratype locality are also deposited in the DEBU.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Howickia pinnula Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [98].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMAG ♂ (rainforest, pans, 20–21.xii.2003, S.A. Marshall,), Waratah, 8 km SW, Tas [41˚29’04”S 145˚27’41”E].
  Paratype(s) TMAG various, same as Holotype; DEBU, same as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE)

History of changes

• Howickia pseudovittata Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (dung pans, 11–12.x.2002, S.A. Marshall, debu00210998), Carnarvon National Park, Mount Moffat Section, base camp, Qld.
  Paratype(s) QM various, same as Holotype; DEBU various, same as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

History of changes

• Bentrovata regalis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [395-396].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (G. Bornemissza, -.ix.1957), Western Australia, Perth, Kings Park.
• Bentrovata minor Papp, L. 2021. New species of Apterobiroina L. Papp and Bentrovata Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from Australia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 67: 101-117 [110].

  Type data:

   Holotype HNHM ♂ (25.1.1979 to 6.3.1979, No. 1495, pit fall traps; damaged, partially lost fore legs, head and tibial setae), Nornalup-Walpole Nat. Pk, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [135] (synonymy).
• Bentrovata nigrithorax Papp, L. 2021. New species of Apterobiroina L. Papp and Bentrovata Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from Australia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 67: 101-117 [112].

  Type data:

   Holotype HNHM ♀ (25.1.1979 to 6.3.1979, No. 1495, pitfall traps), Nornalup-Walpole Nat. Pk, WA.
  Paratype(s) HNHM various ♀, same data as Holotype; HNHM ♀ (25.1.1979 to 6. 3. 1979, No. 1490, pitfall traps), Boranup Drive nr. Karridale, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [135] (synonymy).

Generic Combinations

• Howickia regalis (Richards, 1973). —
  Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [4]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [135] (transferred from former position in Bentrovata, herein synonymised under Howickia)

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [111] (transferred from former position in Monteithiana, herein synonymised under Howickia)

History of changes

• Howickia robustaseta Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [139].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (100 m, leaf litter, no date given, T. Kingston), Lord Howe Island, Mount Gower, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM various (15–60 m, carrion trap, 19–30.iv.1980, S. & J. Peck), Lord Howe Island, Intermediate Hill, NSW; AM various (0–50 m, sclerophyll tall grass–Cyperus, pitfall trap, 29.xi–7.xii.2000), Lord Howe Island, Eastern slopes of Roach Island, [31°30’07”S 159°04’08”E]; AM various (Site L11, 360 m, Drypetes/Cryptocarya litter, 1–12.xi.2004, N. Velez), Lord Howe Island, Mount Lidgbird track, NSW [31°33’39”S 159°05’26”E]; AM various (850–900 m, closed gnarled mossy forest–Bubbia/Dracophyllum, pitfall trap, 22–28.xi.2000, no collector given), Lord Howe Island, Summit of Mount Gower, NSW [31°35’20”S 159°04’23”E]; AM various, same as Holotype; DEBU, same as Holotype.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Otawayia sabina Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [390-391].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (G. Monteith, 26.i.1967), Victoria, Otway Ranges, Grey River crossing.

Generic Combinations

• Howickia sabina (Richards, 1973).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Otawayia [misspelling for Otwayia].

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [101] (transferred from former position in Otwayia, herein synonymised under Howickia)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) subsinuata Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [331-333].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (I.F.B. Common, 10.v.1963), Australian Capital Territory, Black Mountain.

Generic Combinations

• Biroina subsinuata (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia subsinuata (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) symmetrica Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [335-336].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (D.H. Colless, 22.ii.1965), NSW, Clyde Mountain.

Generic Combinations

• Biroina symmetrica (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia symmetrica (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: South East Corner (SEC)

History of changes

• Howickia tricolor Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [142].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (Site G26, 660 m, Hedyscepe canterburyana forest, leaf litter, 21–31.iii.2005, N. Velez), Lord Howe Island, Mount Gower track, NSW [31˚34’58”S 159˚05’03”E].
  Paratype(s) AM various, same as Holotype; AM various (west side of valley between Pimple and summit, 650 m, Hedyscepe canterburyana, Macropiper hooglandii & Coprosma huttoniana leaf litter, 11.iv.2002, I. Hutton), Lord Howe Island, Mount Lidgbird, NSW [31°33’18”S 159°05’02”E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) trivittata Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [340-342].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70463 ♂ (3.iii.1962, D.K. McAlpine), Otford, NSW [34° 12' 29" S 151° 10" E].

Generic Combinations

• Biroina trivittata (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia trivittata (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Howickia truemani Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [144].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (Site B: #2.1, dry sclerophyll, 20–25.ii.1993, J. Trueman et al.), Peters Link Road, Tas [41˚08’S 148˚07’E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC various (Site A: #1.1, Nothofagus forest, 20–25.ii.1993, J. Trueman et al.), near Weldborough, Tas [41˚10’S 147˚08’E]; ANIC various, same as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Flinders (FLI)

History of changes

• Apterobiroina truncata Papp, L. 2021. New species of Apterobiroina L. Papp and Bentrovata Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from Australia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 67: 101-117 [107].

  Type data:

   Holotype HNHM ♀ (24.7.1978, No. 1179, pitfall traps.), Mt. Wilson, NSW.
  Paratype(s) HNHM ♀, same data as Holotype.

Generic Combinations

• Howickia truncata (Papp, 2021).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Sydney Basin (SB), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [150] (transferred to Howickia from former position in Apterobiroina)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) vernalis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [346-347].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (D.H. Colless, 12.x.1962), NSW, Dorrigo National Park.

Generic Combinations

• Biroina vernalis (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Howickia vernalis (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC)

History of changes

• Howickia wamini Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [86].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂ (paperbark grove, pans, 20–23.xi.2003, S.A. Marshall), Wrenwood Cottages, 10 km N Augusta, WA [34˚15’S 115˚01’E]
  Comment: Multiple paratypes are deposited in the AMS, QM, WAM and Canadian collections including DEBU and the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders (FLI), Jarrah Forest (JF), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Biroina) wilsoni Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [343].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70468 ♀ (3.vii.1961, D.K. McAlpine), Mt Wilson, Blue Mountains, NSW [33° 30' 4" S 150° 23' 41" E].

Generic Combinations

• Howickia wilsoni (Richards, 1973).
• Biroina wilsoni (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Howickia xanthocephala Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [92].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (1050 m, wet sclerophyll, dung trap, 14–17.iv.1999, G.B. & S.R. Monteith), The Millstream, 10 km NNE Ravenshoe, Qld [17˚32’S 145˚31’E]
  Comment: multiple paratypes from NSW and Qld deposited in the QM and DEBU.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Leptocera Olivier, G.A. 1813. Première mémoire sur quelques insectes qui attaquent les céréales. Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture du Département de Seine-et-Oise 16: 477-495 [Date published 18 August] [489].

  Type species:

   Leptocera nigra Olivier, 1813 by monotypy.
• Lotomyia Lioy, P. 1864. I ditteri distribuiti secundo un nuovo metodo di classificazione naturale [part]. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 3(9): 499-518, 569-604, 719-71, 879-910, 989-1027, 1087-1126, 1311-1352 [1116].

  Type species:

   Limosina arcuata Macquart, 1835 (= Leptocera fontinalis (Fallén, 1826)) by subsequent designation, see Roháček, J. 1982. Revision of the subgenus Leptocera (s. str.) of Europe (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 46: 1-43 [Date published 20 Decemeer] [3].
• Paracollinella Duda, O. 1924 [1923]. Berichtigungen zur Revision der europäischen Arten der Gattung Limosina Macq. (Dipteren) nebst Beschreibung von sechs neuen Arten. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 73: 163-180 [Date published July 1924] [166] (as subgenus of Limosina Macquart, 1835).

  Type species:

   Copromyza fontinalis Fallén, 1826 by subsequent designation, see Richards, O.W. 1930. The British species of Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Diptera). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 261-345 [267].
• Skottsbergia Enderlein, G. 1938. Die Dipterenfauna der Juan-Fernandez-Inseln und der Oster-Insel,. pp. 643-680 in Skottsberg, K., ed. The natural history of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. Volume III. Zoology. Uppsala : Almqvist & Wiksells 688 pp. [Date published 13 October] [650].

  Type species:

   Skottsbergia cultellipennis Enderlein, 1938 by original designation.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Leptocora [misspelling for Leptocera].
• Paracolinella [misspelling for Paracollinella].

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC) ; Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Limosina caenosa Rondani, C. 1880. Species Italicae ordinis Dipterorum (Muscaria Rnd.). Stirps XXV. Copromyzinae Zett. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 12: 3-45 [Date published 12 April] [36].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MZUF ♂, Italy, "in montuosis Italiae centralis".

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roháček, J. 1982. Revision of the subgenus Leptocera (s. str.) of Europe (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 46: 1-43 [Date published 20 Decemeer] [33].

Generic Combinations

• Limosina (Paracollinella) caenosa (Rondani, 1880). —
  Duda, 0. 1938. Sphaeroceridae (Cypselidae). In "Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region". (Ed. E. Lindner.) Vol. 57. (Stuttgart). [85]
• Leptocera caenosa (Rondani, 1880). —
  Harrison, R.A. 1959. Acalypterate Diptera of New Zealand. N.Z. Dep. Sci. Indust. Res. Bull. Vol. 128 vii + 382 pp. [Date published February] [263]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Italy; New Zealand; cosmopolitan

Introduced.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Leptocera erratica Buck, M. & Marshall, S.A. 2009. Revision of New World Leptocera. Olivier (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Zootaxa 2039: 1-139 [Date published 16 March] [32-34].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (A. Hiller, 27.iv–26.x.1989), Queensland, Mt Glorious.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: U.S.A.; Argentina; South Africa

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Limosina marginata Adams, C.F. 1905. Diptera africana, I. Kansas University Science Bulletin 3: 149-208 [Date published October] [200].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SEMK ♂, Zimbabwe, Salisbury.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [304-305].

Generic Combinations

• Leptocera (Leptocera) marginata (Adams, 1905). —
  Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [210] (subgeneric combination)
• Leptocera (Paracollinella) marginata (Adams, 1905). —
  Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [21]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Afrotropical region

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Sydney Basin (SB)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Leptocera nigra Olivier, G.A. 1813. Première mémoire sur quelques insectes qui attaquent les céréales. Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture du Département de Seine-et-Oise 16: 477-495 [Date published 18 August] [489] (see Roháček ,em>et al., 2001 for full synonymy).

  Type data:

   Neotype HNHM ♂, France, Méry-sur-Oise.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roháček, J. 1982. Revision of the subgenus Leptocera (s. str.) of Europe (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 46: 1-43 [Date published 20 Decemeer] [6].
• Limosina curvinervis Stenhammar, C. 1855 (1854). Skandinaviens Copromyzinae granskade och beskrifne. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm ser. 3 1853: 257-442 [Date published 19 December] [406].

  Type data:

   Neotype ZMLU, Sweden, Öland, Halltorps hage.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roháček, J. 1982. Revision of the subgenus Leptocera (s. str.) of Europe (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 46: 1-43 [Date published 20 Decemeer] [6].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Roháček, J. 1982. Revision of the subgenus Leptocera (s. str.) of Europe (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 46: 1-43 [Date published 20 Decemeer] [6]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: France; Sweden; Palearctic, Oriental, Afrotropical regions; Papua New Guinea. Additional QLD distributions from unpublished records in Australian Museum reference collection

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Limosina salatigae De Meijere, J.C.H. 1914. Studien über südostasiatische Dipteren IX. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 57: 137-275 [30 June] [269].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUA ♂, Indonesia, Java, Salatiga.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roháček, J. 1983. Oriental species of the Leptocera (Leptocera) nigra-group (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 80(2): 137-148 [Date published 31 March] [138].

Generic Combinations

• Leptocera (Leptocera) salatigae (De Meijere, 1914). —
  Roháček, J. 1983. Oriental species of the Leptocera (Leptocera) nigra-group (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 80(2): 137-148 [Date published 31 March] [138]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Afrotropical, Oriental and Australian/Oceanian regions

Distribution References

History of changes

History of changes

• Opacifrons Duda, O. 1918. Revision der europäischen Arten der Gattung Limosina Macquart (Dipteren). Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 10: 1-240 [22] (as subgenus of Limosina Macquart, 1835).

  Type species:

   Limosina coxata Stenhammar, 1855 by subsequent designation, see Spuler, A. 1924. North American species of the subgenera Opacifrons Duda and Pteremis Rondani of the genus Leptocera Olivier (Diptera, Borboridae). Psyche (Boston) 31: 121-134 [121].

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Limosina maculifrons Becker, T. 1907. Die Ergebnisse meiner dipterologischen Frühjahrsreise nach Algier und Tunis 1906. (Forts. aus 1906). Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 7: 33-61, 97-128, 225-256, 369-407, 454 [374, 381] (see Roháček et al., 2001: 177 for full synonymy).

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMHB ♀, Tunisia, La Marsa.
• Leptocera (Opacifrons) collessi Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [320-324].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (Z. Liepa, coll. 18.xi.1965, bred 25-30.xi.1965), Australian Capital Territory, Lake Burley Griffin.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, S.A. & Langstaff, R. 1998. Revision of the New World species of Opacifrons Duda (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae, Limosininae). Contributions in Science. Los Angeles 474: 1-27 [12]

Generic Combinations

• Opacifrons collessi (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [605]
• Opacifrons maculifrons (Becker, 1907). —
  Papp, L. 1984. Family Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae). pp. 68-107 in Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (eds). Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 10. Clusiidae—Chloropidae. Amsterdam : Elsevier 402 pp. [88]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: New Zealand; Canada; Palaeractic region

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Opalimosina Roháček, J. 1983. A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part 2. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 33(1): 3-195 [137].

  Type species:

   Limosina mirabilis Collin, 1902 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, WA: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Limosina mirabilis Collin, J.E. 1902. Four new species of Diptera (Fam. Borboridae) found in Britain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 38: 55-61 [59].

  Type data:

   Lectotype OUM ♂, England, Suffolk, S.L. Newmarket.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roháček, J. 1983. A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part 2. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 33(1): 3-195 [148] (see Roháček et al., 2001: 181 for full synonymy).

Generic Combinations

• Opalimosina (Opalimosina) mirabilis (Collin, 1902). —
  Roháček, J. 1983. A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part 2. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 33(1): 3-195 [148-149]
• Leptocera (Limosina) mirabilis (Collin, 1902). —
  Richards, O.W. 1930. The British species of Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Diptera). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 261-345 [294] (subgeneric combination)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: New Zealand; Hawaii; Canada; Neotropical and Palaearctic regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, WA: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Paralimosina Papp, L. 1973. Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from Mongolia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 19: 369-425.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Pseudocollinella) nasalis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [318-319].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (K.L. Harley & R. Straatman, 15.iii.1961), Queensland, Ingham.

Generic Combinations

• Opacifrons nasalis (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [605]
• Pseudocollinella nasalis (Richards, 1973). —
  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [209] (new combination)
• Paralimosina nasalis (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [4, 9] (transferred from former position in Pseudocollinella Duda, 1924)

History of changes

• Parasclerocoelus Marshall, S.A. & Dong, H. 2008. Parasclerocoelus, a new south temperate genus of Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). Studia Dipterologica 15: 223-230 [224].

  Type species:

   Leptocera (Scotophilella) mediospinosa Duda, 1925 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Scotophilella) mediospinosa Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [182].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (in HNHM, SMTD), South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria; NSW, Sydney Botany Bay; Chile, Santiago.

Generic Combinations

• Parasclerocoelus mediospinosus (Duda, 1925). —
  Marshall, S.A. & Dong, H. 2008. Parasclerocoelus, a new south temperate genus of Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). Studia Dipterologica 15: 223-230 [224]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Limosina mediospina [misspelling for mediospinosa].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: Chile; New Zealand; Argentina, South Africa

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Phthitia Enderlein, G. 1938. Die Dipterenfauna der Juan-Fernandez-Inseln und der Oster-Insel,. pp. 643-680 in Skottsberg, K., ed. The natural history of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. Volume III. Zoology. Uppsala : Almqvist & Wiksells 688 pp. [Date published 13 October] [650].

  Type species:

   Phthitia venosa Enderlein, 1938 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Alimosina Roháček, J. 1983. A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part 2. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 33(1): 3-195 [120] [as subgenus of Kimosina Roháček, 1983].

  Type species:

   Borborus empiricus Hutton, 1901 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

IBRA

ACT: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Borborus empiricus Hutton, F.W. 1901. Synopsis of the Diptera Brachycera of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 33: 1-95 [July] [94] (see Roháček et al., 2001: 191 for full synonymy).

  Type data:

   Holotype CMNZ ♀, New Zealand.
• Limosina (Leptocera) pectinifera Villeneuve, J. 1918. Espèces nouvelles de Diptères de la famille des Cypselidae (Borboridae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1917: 333-338 [333].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, France, Rambouillet.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Roháček, J. 2001. The type material of Sphaeroceridae described by J. Villeneuve with lectotype designations and nomencaltural and taxonomic notes (Diptera). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 105(5): 467-478 [473].

Generic Combinations

• Phthitia (Alimosina) empirica (Hutton, 1901). —
  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [191] (subgeneric combination)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: New Zealand; cosmopolitan

IBRA

ACT: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Kimosina Roháček, J. 1983. A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part 2. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 33(1): 3-195 [122] (as subgenus Kimosina s.str.).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Kimosina (Kimosina) antipoda Roháček, J. 1984. Kimosina (Kimosina) antipoda sp. n. from Australia (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 81(1): 57-62 [57].

  Type data:

   Holotype HNHM ♂, NSW, Sydney.
• Leptocera (Limosina) longisetosa Dahl, 1909 [misidentification in Richards, 1973: 375].

Generic Combinations

• Phthitia antipoda (Roháček, 1984). —
  Marshall, S.A. & Smith, I.P. 1992. A revision of the New World and Pacific Phthitia Enderlein (Diptera; Siphaeroceridae; Limosininae), including Kimosina Roháček, new synonym and Aubertinia Richards, new synonym. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada Supplement: No. 161. 1-83 [18]
• Phthitia (Kimosina) antipoda (Roháček, 1984). —
  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [193] (subgeneric combination)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Additional NSW distributions from unpublished records in Australian Museum reference collection (det. Marshall)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Leptocera thomasi Harrison, R.A. 1959. Acalypterate Diptera of New Zealand. N.Z. Dep. Sci. Indust. Res. Bull. Vol. 128 vii + 382 pp. [Date published February] [271].

  Type data:

   Holotype NZAC ♂, New Zealand, Auckland, Brown's Bay.

Generic Combinations

• Phthitia (Kimosina) thomasi (Harrison, 1959). —
  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [197] (subgeneric combination)
• Phthitia thomasi (Harrison, 1959). —
  Marshall, S.A. & Smith, I.P. 1992. A revision of the New World and Pacific Phthitia Enderlein (Diptera; Siphaeroceridae; Limosininae), including Kimosina Roháček, new synonym and Aubertinia Richards, new synonym. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada Supplement: No. 161. 1-83 [75-77]
• Leptocera (Limosina) thomasi (Harrison, 1959). —
  Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [381-382] (subgeneric combination)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: New Zealand

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

History of changes

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Limosina) popularis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [378-379].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70488 ♂ (14.x.1956, D.K. McAlpine), (Royal) National Park, NSW [34° 7' 54" S 151° 3' 4" E].

Generic Combinations

• Kimosina (? Kimosina) popularis (Richards, 1973). —
  Roháček, J. 1983. A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part 2. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 33(1): 3-195 [123]
• Phthitia popularis (Richards, 1973). —
  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [198] (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Pleuroseta Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [355] (as subgenus of Leptocera Olivier, 1813).

  Type species:

   Leptocera (Pleuroseta) wentworthi Richards, 1973 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Pleuroseta ingens Kuwahara, G.K. & Marshall, S.A. 2023. A revision of the Australian genus Pleuroseta Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 910: 69–97.
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1DA3EC33-1534-4015-8550-AC654579CB56

  Type data:

   Holotype QM debu00160983 1 ♂, Bartle Frere, QLD [17˚23' S, 145˚48' E].
  Paratype(s) DEBU Register number not provided 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Same data as Holotype; QM Register number not provided 3 ♂, 2 ♀, Same data as Holotype; DEBU Register number not provided 1♂, 1♀, 7km NE of Ravenshoe, QLD [17˚34' S, 145˚31' E]; QM Register number not provided 2 ♀, 9.5 km N of Ravenshoe, QLD [17˚32' S, 145˚29' E]; QM Register number not provided 1♀, Arthur Baillie Road, QLD [17˚41' S, 145˚31' E]; QM Register number not provided 2♂, 2♀, Bellenden Ker, top station, QLD [17˚16' S, 145˚51' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 3♂, 3♀, Bellenden Ker, top station, QLD [17˚16' S, 145˚51' E]; QM Register number not provided 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Charmillin Creek, QLD [17˚42' S, 145˚31' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 1 ♂, 4 ♀, Kjellberg Road, State Forest boundary, QLD [17˚32' S, 145˚35' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 1♀, Kjellberg Road turnoff, QLD [17˚32' S, 145˚36' E]; QM Register number not provided 5♂, 6♀, Longlands Gap, three-ways Road junction, QLD [17˚28' S, 145˚29' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 1♀, Longlands Gap, three-ways Road junction, QLD [17˚28' S, 145˚29' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 1 ♂, Maalan State Forest, Ravenshoe Road, QLD [17˚35' S, 145˚36' E]; QM Register number not provided 7♂, 2♀, Millaa Millaa Falls, QLD [17˚30' S, 145˚51' E]; QM Register number not provided 2 ♂, 9 ♀, Mount Hugh Nelson, south base, QLD [17˚31' S, 145˚33' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 5♂, 6♀, Mount Hugh Nelson, south base, QLD [17˚31' S, 145˚33' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 2♂, Mount Hypipamee National Park, QLD [Lat/Long not provided]; QM Register number not provided 5♂, 1♀, Mount Kooroomool, 7km south of the summit, QLD [17˚54' S, 145˚41' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 3♂, 6♀, Mount Kooroomool, 7km south of the summit, QLD [17˚54' S, 145˚41' E]; QM Register number not provided 3♂, 5♀, Mount Kooroomool, 7km south of the summit, QLD [17˚54' S, 145˚41' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 4 ♂, 3 ♀, The Millstream, 10 km NNE of Ravenshoe, QLD [17˚32' S, 145˚31' E]; QM Register number not provided 5 ♂, 4 ♀, The Millstream, 10 km NNE of Ravenshoe, QLD [17˚32' S, 145˚31' E]; QM Register number not provided 7 ♂, 7 ♀, Vine Creek, Majors Mountain, QLD [17˚41' S, 145˚32' E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Pleuroseta monteithi Kuwahara, G.K. & Marshall, S.A. 2023. A revision of the Australian genus Pleuroseta Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 910: 69–97.
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9321FA5F-A43E-4B05-8C88-E661260B9E23

  Type data:

   Holotype QM debu00160870 1 ♂, Cape Tribulation, QLD [16˚05' S, 145˚26' E].
  Paratype(s) QM Register number not provided 1♂, Same data as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Pleuroseta occidentalis Kuwahara, G.K. & Marshall, S.A. 2023. A revision of the Australian genus Pleuroseta Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 910: 69–97.

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM debu00244195 1 ♂, Fernhook Falls, ~30km north of Walpole, Deep River shoreline, WA [Lat/Long not provided].
  Paratype(s) WAM Register number not provided 5♂, 1♀, Same data as Holotype [Lat/Long not provided]; WAM Register number not provided 5♂, 2♀, 15km east of Walpole, WA [Lat/Long not provided]; DEBU Register number not provided 1 ♂, Boranup Forest, ~25km N of Augusta, WA [34˚09'52'' S, 115˚04'34'' E]; DEBU Register number not provided 1 ♂, Mount Frankland, ~30km N of Walpole, WA [Lat/Long not provided]; DEBU Register number not provided 1♀, Peaceful Bay, Ficifolia Road & Nut Road, WA [Lat/Long not provided]; DEBU Register number not provided 6♂, 4♀, Bolganup Creek, Porongurup National Park, WA [Lat/Long not provided]; DEBU Register number not provided 7♂, 5♀, Bolganup Creek, Porongurup National Park, WA [Lat/Long not provided]; DEBU Register number not provided 3♂, 3♀, Wrenwood Cottages, 10km N of Augusta, WA [34˚15' S, 115˚01' E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Pleuroseta) wentworthi Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [355-356].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70475 ♂ (20.xi.1958, D.K. McAlpine), Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW [33° 42' 55" S 150° 22' 4" E].
• Leptocera (Biroina) dorrigonis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [333-335].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70435 ♂ (30.iii.1960, D.K. McAlpine), Dorrigo National Park, NSW [30° 22' 54" S 152° 45' 4" E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC Register number not provided 1♀, Kangaroo Valley, NSW [Lat/Long not provided]; AM Register number not provided 1♀, Otford, NSW [Lat/Long not provided]; BMNH Register number not provided 1 ♂, Mount Glorious, QLD [Lat/Long not provided].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kuwahara, G.K. & Marshall, S.A. 2023. A revision of the Australian genus Pleuroseta Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 910: 69–97

Generic Combinations

• Biroina dorrigonis (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [602]
• Pleuroseta dorrigonis (Richards, 1973). —
  Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [10] (new combination)
• Pleuroseta wentworthi (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [605]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Poecilosomella Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [78] (as subgenus of Leptocera Olivier, 1813).

  Type species:

   Copromyza punctipennis Wiedemann, 1824 by subsequent designation, see Richards, O.W. 1930. The British species of Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Diptera). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 261-345 [268].
• Poecilosomella Duda, 1920 [nomen nudum].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Poecilosomela [misspellling for Poecilosomella].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Copromyza punctipennis Wiedemann, C.R.G. 1824. Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniensi maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat. Kiliae [= Kiel]. 60 pp. [59].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, "India orient".

Generic Combinations

• Poecilosomella punctipennis (Wiedemann, 1824). —
  Hackmann, W. 1977. Family Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae). pp. 398-406 in Delfinado, M.D. & Hardy, D.E. (eds). A catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Volume 3. Suborder Cyclorrapha (excluding Division Aschiza). Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii Vol. 3 x + 854 pp. [406]
• Leptocera (Poecilosomella) punctipennis (Wiedemann, 1824). —
  Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [95-97]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital distribution: "India orient."; American Samoa; Belau; Hawaiian Islands; Niue; Papua New Guinea; India; Indonesia; Japan; Ryukyu Islands; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Vietnam; Africa

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Pseudocollinella Duda, O. 1924 [1923]. Berichtigungen zur Revision der europäischen Arten der Gattung Limosina Macq. (Dipteren) nebst Beschreibung von sechs neuen Arten. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 73: 163-180 [Date published July 1924] [166] (see Roháček et al., 2001 for full synonymy).

  Type species:

   Limosina septentrionalis Stenhammar, 1855 by monotypy.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pseudoscinella [error for Pseudocollinella].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

IBRA

ACT: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Pseudocollinella) difficilis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [317-318].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (I.F.B. Common, 13.xi.1959), Australian Capital Territory, Black Mountain.

Generic Combinations

• Pseudocollinella difficilis (Richards, 1973). —
  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [208] (new combination)
• Opacifrons difficilis (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [605]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

IBRA

ACT: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

History of changes

• Pseudopterogramma Papp, L. 2008. New genera of the Old World Limosininae (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 54(supplement 2): 47-209 [99].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Limosina) fenestrata Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [379-380].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70486 ♀ (1 i.1961, D.K. McAlpine), Binna Burra, Larnington National Park, QLD [28° 11' 56" S 153° 11' 15" E].

Generic Combinations

• Biroina fenestrata (Richards, 1973). —
  Roháček, J. (Ed.) 2001. World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava, Czech Republic : Slezské zemské muzeum 414 pp. [125] (new combination)
• Howickia fenestrata (Richards, 1973).
• Pseudopterogramma fenestrata (Richards, 1973).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

General References

Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [9] (transferred from former position in Howickia)

History of changes

• Pterogramma Spuler, A. 1924. North American genera and subgenera of the dipterous family Borboridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 75: 369-378 [Date published 19 February] [376] (as subgenus of Leptocera Olivier, 1813).

  Type species:

   Limosina sublugubrina Malloch, 1912 (as Limnosina - misidentification = Pterogramma substituta Richards, 1961) by original designation.
• Mallochella Duda, O. 1925. Die außereuropäischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berücksichtigung der europäischen Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abteilung A 90(11)(1924): 5-215 [75] (as subgenus of Leptocera Olivier, 1813).

  Type species:

   Limosina sublugubrina Malloch, 1912 (as Leptocera) by subsequent designation, see Richards, O.W. 1930. The British species of Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Diptera). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 261-345 [268].
• Mallochella Duda, 1920 [nomen nudum].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Pterogramma) aestivalis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [368-369].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (D.H. Colless, 31.xii.1962), NSW, Otford.

Generic Combinations

• Pterogramma aestivale (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 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. [606]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

N QLD distribution from unpublished records in Australian Museum reference collection

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Leptocera (Poecilosomella) conica Richards, O.W. 1946. On some Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the island of Guam. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 15: 129-131 [Date published 23 December] [130].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂, Guam, Pago.