Species Simosyrphus grandicornis (Macquart, 1842)
- Syrphus grandicornis Macquart, J. 1842. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Paris : Publisher unknown Vol. 2 (2) 5-140, 22 pls. [96(36)].
- Syrphus sydneyensis Macquart, J. 1846. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplément. Mémoires de la Société des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille 1844: 133-364, pls 1-20 [The date on the wrapper of the journal is 1846, the date on the title page is 1845. The last 4 pages of this paper in the journal (containing the index) are numbered 363, 364, 363, 364. The next article in the journal begins on page 365. The pagination of the reprint is continuous, thus the reprint appears to contain 2 additional pages. Reprinted with pagination 5-238, Roret, Paris, with "1846" on both the wrapper and title page. Reprint recorded in the 7 November 1846 issue of Bibliogr. Fr. The Bibliogr. Fr. mentions the journal version in the 22 August 1846 issue; it was presented by Macquart at the 22 July 1846 meeting of the Société Entomologique de France] [263(135)].
Type data:
Holotype OUM ♂, NSW: Sydney. - Syrphus pusillus Macquart, J. 1847. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. [2.e supplément]. Paris : Roret pp. 5–104, pls 1–6. [Published before 11 September] [61] [preoccupied Roser, 1840].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM ♀. - Syrphus melanurus Bigot, J.M.F. 1884. Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 24e partie. XXXII Syrphidi (2e partie). Espèces nouvelles, No. III. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4(6): 73-116 [Publication split: pp. 73-80 (31 July); pp. 81-116 (8 October)] [97] [Recorded from New Caledonia].
- Syrphus obesus Hutton, F.W. 1901. Synopsis of the Diptera Brachycera of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 33: 1-95 [July] [41] [recorded from NZ. Preocc. Fabricius, 1775].
- Syrphus corollae vitiensis Bezzi, M. 1928. Diptera Brachycera and Athericera of the Fiji Islands based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). London : Printed by order of the Trustees of the British museum. British Museum (Natural History) London. viii, 220 pp. [71] [recorded from Fiji].
- Metasyrphus fasciatus Shiraki, T 1963. Diptera: Syrphidae. Insects of Micronesia 13: 129-187 [186] [Recorded from Johnston Atoll].
- Syrphus australiensis Goot, V.S. van der 1964. Fluke's catalogue of Neotropical Syrphidae (Insecta, Diptera), a critical study with an appendix on new names in Syrphidae. Beaufortia 10: 212-221 [220] [replacement name; new name for pusillus Macquart].
- Syrphus huttoni Goot, V.S. van der 1964. Fluke's catalogue of Neotropical Syrphidae (Insecta, Diptera), a critical study with an appendix on new names in Syrphidae. Beaufortia 10: 212-221 [220] [replacement name; new name for obesus Hutton].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hardy, G.H. 1934. Notes on Australian Syrphinae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 45: 12-19 [14]
- Vockeroth, J.R. 1969. A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 62: 1-176 [103]
Generic Combinations
- Syrphus grandicornis Macquart, 1842.
- Xanthogramma grandicornis (Macquart, 1842). —
Kertész, K. 1910. Catalogus Dipterorum hucusque descriptorum. Volumen VII. Syrphidae, Dorylaidae, Phoridae, Clythiidae. Budapestini [= Budapest] : Museum Nationale Hungaricum 470 pp. [152] - Simosyrphus grandicornis (Macquart, 1842). —
Bigot, J.M.F. 1882. Descriptions de quatre genres nouveaux de la tribu des syrphides (Syrphidae auctorum), ainsi que celles de deux nouvelles espèces. Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France 214: 78-79
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ubiquitous throughout Australia.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Distribution References
- Hardy, G.H. 1934. Notes on Australian Syrphinae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 45: 12-19 [14]
- Klocker, A. 1924. On a collection of syrphids from Queensland with descriptions of a new genus and of eight new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8: 53-60 [57]
- Vockeroth, J.R. 1969. A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 62: 1-176 [103]
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