Species Nephrotoma australasiae (Skuse, 1890)
- Pachyrrhina australasiae 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 [126] [as Pachyrrhina, incorrect subsequent spelling].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, Barron and Mulgrave Rivers, QLD; ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult, Barron and Mulgrave Rivers, QLD; ANIC(MMUS) 12 adults (not found), Barron and Mulgrave Rivers, QLD; QM adult, Barron and Mulgrave Rivers, QLD.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1974. The Tipulidae (Diptera) of Australia. XI. The genera Holorusia Loew, Tipula Linnaeus, Nephrotoma Meigen, Megistocera Wiedemann and Brachypremna Osten-Sacken. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 25: 63-75 [69] (taxonomy)
Riedel, M.P. 1920. Results of Dr E Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 23. Diptera Orthorhapha Nematocera. Archiv für Zoologie 13(14): 1-9 [8] (misidentifed as Papua New Guinea distribution)
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 [126] (Lord Howe Island specimen included in type series = Nephrotoma lordhowensis Dobrotworsky, 1974)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-Nov-2011 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |