Species Sisyromyia aurata (Walker, 1849)

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• Bombylius aurata Walker, F. 1849. List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Parts II-IV. London : British Museum. [Publication split: p. [3] + 231-484 [= Part II] (21 April); p. [3] + 485-687 [= Part III] (30 June); p. [3] + 688-1172 + [2] [= Part IV]] [289].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH, TAS; BMNH, WA.

  Type locality references:

  Evenhuis, N.L. & Greathead, D.J. 1999. World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Leiden, Netherlands : Backhuys xlviii+756 pp. [169].
• Bombylius crassirostris Macquart, J. 1850. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplément. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1849(2): 309-479 [reprinted with pagination 5–161, Roret, Paris. The reprint version includes only pp. 309–465 of the original journal article] [423].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP x3, AUST: east coast (probably NSW).

  Type locality references:

  Evenhuis, N.L. & Greathead, D.J. 1999. World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Leiden, Netherlands : Backhuys xlviii+756 pp. [169].
• Bombylius lobalis Thomson, C.G. 1869. Diptera. Species nova descripsit. pp. 443-614 in Unknown (ed.). Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jordan under befl af C.A. Virgin, Âren 1851-1853. Vol. 2 (Zoologi), [section] 1, (Insecta). Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Sner 617 pp. [487].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Evenhuis, N.L. & Greathead, D.J. 1999. World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Leiden, Netherlands : Backhuys xlviii+756 pp. [170].
• Bombylius loewii Jaennicke, F. 1867. Neue exotische Dipteren. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 6: 311-407, pls 43 & 44 [Date published November 1867] [346].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF, AUST.

  Type locality references:

  Evenhuis, N.L. & Greathead, D.J. 1999. World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Leiden, Netherlands : Backhuys xlviii+756 pp. [170].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Li. X. & Yeates, D.K. 2019. Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Sisyromyia White, 1916 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Acrophthalmydini). Zootaxa 4711(2): 201-244 [208-209]

Generic Combinations

• Sisyromyia aurata (Walker, 1849).
• Sisyromyia crassirostris (Macquart, 1850).
• Sisyromyia lobalis (Thomson, 1869).
• Sisyromyia loewii (Jaennicke, 1867).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR)

Distribution References

Diagnosis References

Li. X. & Yeates, D.K. 2019. Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Sisyromyia White, 1916 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Acrophthalmydini). Zootaxa 4711(2): 201-244 [210-212] (redescription)

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