Genus Sciara Meigen, 1803
- Sciara Meigen, J.W. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger) 2: 259-281 [263].
Type species:
Tipula thomae Linnaeus, 1767 by monotypy. - Lycoria Meigen, J.W. 1800. Nouvelle classification des mouches à deux ailes (Diptera L.) d'après un plan tout nouveau. Paris : Perronneau pp. 1-40. [This publication suppressed by the I.C.Z.N.] [17] [placed on the Offical Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1963. Opinion 678. The suppression under the plenary powers of the pamphlet published by Meigen, 1800. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20: 339–342 (339) for ruling].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sabrosky, C.W. 1999. Family group names in Diptera. An annotated catalog. Myia 9: 1–360 [183]
- Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. 2017. Battling the un-dead: the status of the Diptera genus-group names originally proposed in Johann Wilhelm Meigen’s 1800 pamphlet. Zootaxa 4275(1): 1–74 [41]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand, Fiji, Indonesia, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic Regions.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Macquarie Island Province (24)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Antarctic Region
- Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)
- Subantarctic Islands
- Kerguélen Island
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: N coastal
Distribution References
- Amorim, D.S. 1992. A Catalogue of the family Sciaridae (Diptera) of the Americas south of the United States. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 36: 55-77 [67]
- Gerbachevskaja-Pavluchenko, A.A. 1986. Family Sciaridae. pp. 11-72 in Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (eds). Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 4. Sciaridae—Anisopodidae. Amsterdam : Elsevier 441 pp. [11]
- Steffan, W.A. 1966. A generic revision of the family Sciaridae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico. University of California Publications in Entomology 44: 1-70 [42]
- Steffan, W.A. 1973. Family Sciaridae. pp. 464-476 in Delfinado, M.D & Hardy, D.E. (eds). A Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Volume 1. Suborder Nematocera. Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii Vol. 1 618 pp. [469]
- Steffan, W.A. 1980. 16. Family Sciaridae. pp. 231-234 in Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. London : British Museum 1437 pp. [233]
- Steffan, W.A. 1989. 11. Family Sciaridae. pp. 146-151 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. [149]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2019 | DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 | 09-Jan-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 16-Nov-2011 | 16-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |