Species Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) tasmaniensis (Alexander, 1926)
- Ceratocheilus tasmaniensis Alexander, C.P. 1926. New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera).—XXXII. Australasian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 18: 169-193 [187].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ adult (not found), Strahan, TAS. - Ceratocheilus davidsoni Alexander, C.P. 1931. New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera).—XLVII. Australasian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 7: 17-36 [35].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♂ adult, Mount Tamborine, QLD. - Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) davidsoni eungellae Alexander, C.P. 1944. New or little-known species of Australian Tipulidae (Diptera). II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 69: 1-15 [15].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult (not found), Eungella, via Mackay, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Theischinger, G. 1994. The Limoniinae (Diptera: Tipulidae) of Australia V. The genera Helius Le Peletier & Serville, Toxorhina Loew, Limonia Meigen (part), Tonnoiromyia Alexander and Collessophila gen. nov. (all tribe Limoniini) and Atarba Osten-Sacken, Amphineurus Skuse, Erioptera Meigen, Cheilotrichia Rossi, Gonomyia Meigen and Idiocera Dale (all tribe Eriopterini). Stapfia 36: 37-276 [61]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Apparently widely distributed in eastern Australia.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld, Tas: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected in rainforest canopy.
General References
Kitching, R.L. & Theischinger, G. 1996. The biodiversity of arthropods from Australian rainforest canopies: Tipulidae, with a description of the new species Leptotarsus (Macromastix) alfie Theischinger. The Entomologist 115(3): 140-153 [149] (distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 01-Mar-2016 | 30-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 31-Jul-2018 | 09-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |