Species Plecia (Plecia) erebeoidea Hardy, 1982

Museums

Regional Maps

• Plecia erebeoidea Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855 [814].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Mount Spec, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 6♀ 7♂ adults; 11♀ 9♂ adults (QDPI/SAMA/USNM/BMNH/BPBM/UH).

 

Introduction

This species was described and illustrated by Hardy (1958, p.198, figs 10a-10c) as P. erebea Skuse, with a distribution in New South Wales and Queensland. He later (Hardy, 1982) separated the north Queensland material as Plecia erebeoidea, and noted that this species appears to be restricted to northern Queensland (Hardy, 1982).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

This species was described and illustrated by Hardy (1958, p.198, figs 10a-10c) as P. erebea Skuse, with a distribution in New South Wales and Queensland. Plecia erebeoidea appears to be restricted to northern Queensland (Hardy, 1982).

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Aug-2010		30-Aug-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)