Species Leptotarsus (Macromastix) helmsi (Skuse, 1890)
- Macromastix helmsi Skuse, F.A.A. 1890. Diptera of Australia. Part VIII.—The Tipulidae longipalpi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5(1): 53-139, Pls. IV-VI [132].
Type data:
Lectotype AM K359433 ♂ adult (iii.1889), Mount Kosciusko, NSW [36° 21' 13" S 148° 30' 56" E].
Paralectotype(s) AM K36858 ♀ adult; AM several adults (not found).Subsequent designation references:
Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1974. The Tipulidae (Diptera) of Australia. X. The genus Leptotarsus Guérin; the subgenus Macromastix Osten–Sacken. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 25: 31-62 [36] (incorrectly stated that types are in the ANIC).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Kangaroo Island, King Island.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-Nov-2011 | 06-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |