Subspecies Megistocera filipes fuscana (Weidemann, 1820)
- Nematocera fuscana Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1820. Diptera exotica. [Ed. 1.] Sectio I. Antennis multiarticulatis. Kiliae [= Kiel]. xix 42 pp. [29].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW ♂ adult (for correction of type sex to ♂, see Osten Sacken, C.R. 1887. Studies on Tipulidae. Part I. Review of the published genera of the Tipulidae longipalpi. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 30: 153–188 [end January 1887] [159]), Java, Indonesia.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread Australian and Oriental Regions.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Alexander, C.P. 1936. Tipulidae. pp. 2-11 in Curran, C.H. The Templeton Crocker Expedition to western Polynesian and Melanesian islands, 1933 No. 30. Diptera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 22(1): 1-66 [2] (distribution)
Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1968. The Tipulidae (Diptera) of Australia I. A review of the genera of the subfamily Tipulinae. Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 459-494 [490] (taxonomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2011 | 03-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |