Genus Apotropina Hendel, 1907

Museums

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• Ectropa 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] [242] [preoccupied Wallengen, 1863].

  Type species:

   Ectropa viduata Schiner, 1868 by original designation.
• Apotropina Hendel, F. 1907. Nomina nova für mehrere Gattungen der acalyptraten Musciden. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 26: 98 [Date published 31 March] [98] [replacement name; for Ectropa].
• Lasiopleura Becker, T. 1910. Chloropidae. Eine monographische Studie. I. Teil. Paläarktische Region. Archivum Zoologicum (Budapest) 1: 33-174 [Date published 15 March] [130].

  Type species:

   Oscinis longepilosa Strobl, 1893 by monotypy.
• Parahippelates Becker, T. 1911. Chloropidae. Eine monographische Studie. III. Teil. Die indo-australische Region. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 9: 35-170 [Date published 26 June] [109].

  Type species:

   Oscinis pulchrifrons De Meijere, 1906 by original designation.
• Emmalochaeta Becker, T. 1916. Neue Chloropiden aus dem Ungarischen National Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 14: 423-453 [Date published 30 December] [444].

  Type species:

   Emmalochaeta gigantea Becker, 1916 by original designation.
• Ephydroscinis Malloch, J.R. 1924. Notes on Australian Diptera. No. III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 329-338 [24 October] [331].

  Type species:

   Ephydroscinis australis Malloch, 1924 by original designation.
• Terraereginia Malloch, J.R. 1928. Notes on Australian Diptera, No. XIV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 295-309 [16 July] [301, 303] (as subgenus of Parahippelates).

  Type species:

   Parahippelates dasypleura Malloch, 1928 by monotypy.
• Hopkinsella Malloch, J.R. 1930. Lonchaeidae, Chloropidae, Piophilidae. Insects of Samoa and Other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda 6: 239-251 [Date published 22 November] [244].

  Type species:

   Hopkinsella purpurascens Malloch, 1930 by original designation.
• Neoborborus Rayment, T. 1931. The furrow-bees and a fly. Victorian Naturalist 47: 184-191 [Date published 31/12/1931] [189].

  Type species:

   Neoborborus speculabundus Rayment, 1931 by monotypy.
• Liomochaeta Duda, O. 1934. Weitere neue und wenig bekannte orientalische und australische Chloropiden (Diptera) des Deutschen Entomologischen Instituts in Berlin-Dahlem. Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 1: 39-60 [Date published 5 March] [42].

  Type species:

   Oscinis dimorpha Osten Sacken, 1882 by original designation.
• Oscinelloides Malloch, J.R. 1940. Notes on Australian Diptera. XXXVIII. Family Chloropidae, part ii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 65(3-4): 261-288 [Date published 16 September] [267].

  Type species:

   Oscinella bispinosa Becker, 1911 by original designation.
• Protohippelates Andersson, H. 1977. Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on Chloropidae (Diptera) with special reference to Old World genera. Entomologica Scandinavica. Supplementum 8: 200 pp. [Date published 6 April] [50].

  Type species:

   Parahippelates brunnipennis De Meijere, 1913 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sabrosky, C.W. 1980. Unexpected synonymy in Chloropidae, from the family Ephydridae (Diptera). Australian Entomological Magazine 6(6): 101-102 (synonymy of Lasiopleura and Parahippelates with Apotropina)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Terraeregina [error for Terraereginia].

Introduction

Of the many species of Apotropina recognised in Australia, the presence of Apotropina bispinosa remains uncertain. The species was first described from, and restricted to, Papau New Guinea (see Becker, 1911). The species was then moved to the genus Oscinelloides before the genus was synonymised with Apotropina. Apotropina bispinosa was then identified from Australia by Forster (1992). Ang et al. (2024) notes that their examination of type specimens in the MfN do not match descriptions provided by Becker (1911) and Malloch (1940), and they were unable to examine specimens collected by Forster (1992) - they suggest that a detailed assessment of the type series of A. bispinosa be undertaken to clarify the species identity. At present, they have elected to include A. bispinosa in their key of the Australian Apotropina.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), New England Tablelands (NET) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW) ; NSW, Tas, Vic: Flinders (FLI), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP) ; WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS)

General References

Ang, Y., Lumbers, J. & Riccardi, P.R. 2023. A conspectus of Australian Apotropina (Diptera, Chloropidae) with the description of two new species. ZooKeys 1187: 261–299

Becker, T. 1911. Chloropidae. Eine monographische Studie. III. Teil. Die indo-australische Region. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 9: 35-170 [Date published 26 June]

Forster, P.I. 1992. Insects associated with the flowers of Marsdenia cymulosa Benth. (Asclepiadaceae) and their possible role in pollination. Australian Entomological Magazine 19(1): 45–47

Malloch, J.R. 1940. Notes on Australian Diptera. XXXVIII. Family Chloropidae, part ii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 65(3-4): 261-288 [Date published 16 September]

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