Species Simulium (Morops) faheyi Taylor, 1927
- Simulium faheyi Taylor, F.H. 1927. A note on Simulium bancrofti Taylor, with the description of a new species of Simulium (Dipt.). Bulletin of Entomological Research 18: 70-72 [71].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult (the sex of the type is doubful according to Taylor, however, it is cited as ♀ by Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1948. Simuliidae (Diptera) from Queensland. Australian Journal of Scientific Research B 1: 231–270 [256]), QLD: Berner Creek.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Colbo, M.H. 1976. Four new species of Simulium Latreille (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 253-269 [253] (key, distribution)
Colbo, M.H., Lee, R.M.K.W., Davies, D.M. & Yang Y.J. 1979. Labro-cibarial sensilla and armature in adult black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 15: 166-175 [167] (taxonomy)
Crosskey, R.W. 1967. The classification of Simulium Latreille (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Australia, New Guinea and the Western Pacific. Journal of Natural History 1: 23-51 [45] (as Simulium (Morops) faheyi Taylor, 1927)
Mackerras, I.M. & Mackerras, M.J. 1949. Revisional notes on Australasian Simuliidae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 73: 372-405 [390] (taxonomy)
Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1948. Simuliidae (Diptera) from Queensland. Australian Journal of Scientific Research B 1: 231-270 [255] (taxonomy)
Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1950. Notes on Australasian Simuliidae (Diptera). II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 75: 167-187 [182] (taxonomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Jun-2011 | 10-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |