Subspecies Symplecta (Trimicra) pilipes pilipes (Fabricius, 1787)
Type data:
Holotype adult (sex unknown, holotype missing, only a labelled pin remains), Kiliae, Germany.- Limnobia hirtipes Walker, F. 1848. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. London : British Museum pp. 1-229. [50].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ adult (the holotype is ♂ according to Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Part VII.—The Tipulidae brevipalpi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 757–892 [821]), Swan River, WA. - Trimicra sidneyensis Schiner, I.R. 1868 [1867]. Diptera. In, Unknown (Ed.). Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. 1. Abtheilung. Wien [= Vienna] : B. K. Gerold's Sohn vi + 388 pp. [Date published 30 April 1868] [43].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW ♀ adult, Sydney, NSW. - Limnobia microcephala 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. [446].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♀ adult, Sydney (as Sidney), NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) 1989. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [102]
- Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) 2007. Family Limoniidae. Catalogue of the Australasian and Oceanic Regions (online version). [Available at: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/aocathome.html]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan; the most widely distributed subspecies of crane-fly.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Alexander, C.P. 1962. Insects of Macquarie Island. Diptera: Tipulidae. Pacific Insects 4: 939-944 [939] (revision of Erioptera (Trimicra) pilipes (Fabricius, 1787), including list of 27 synonyms and distribution)
Alexander, C.P. 1962. The Crane flies of the Galapagoes Islands. (Tipulidae, Diptera). Opuscula Zoologica 61: 1-5 [4] (widespread distribution)
Hudson, G.V. 1887. On New Zealand Glow-worms. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 19: 62-64 [64] (misspelt as Trimicra pillipes (Fabricius, 1787))
Johns, P.M. 1972. Notes on aquatic tipulids (Diptera: Nematocera: Tipulidae). Newsletter of the New Zealand Limnological Society 8: 24-26 [25] (biology)
Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Part VII.—The Tipulidae brevipalpi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(3): 757-892, Pls. XXI-XXIV [822] (synonymy of Trimicra Sydneyensis Schiner, 1868 (misspelt) with Trimicra hirtipes (Walker, 1848))
Williams, F.X. 1943. Biological studies in Hawaiian water-loving insects—part III. Diptera or flies—C, Tipulidae and Psychodidae. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 11: 313-338 [322] (observations)
Womersley, H. 1937. Diptera. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition B 4(3): 59-79 [Date published 30 October] [59] (biology, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2016 | 30-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 31-Jul-2018 | 09-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 31-Jul-2018 | 21-Jun-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 31-Jul-2018 | 03-May-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |