Subspecies Ptilogyna (Plusiomyia) gracilis gracilis (Walker, 1848)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pedicia gracilis Walker, F. 1848. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. London : British Museum pp. 1-229. [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, not stated.

  Type locality references:

  Westwood, J.O. 1881. Notæ Dipterologicæ. No. 5.—Descriptions of new species of exotic Tipulidae, with an annotated summary of species belonging to the same family, previously described. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1881: 363-385 [381] (subsequent locality designation of New Zealand).
• Ozodicera longipedalis Westwood, J.O. 1876. Notæ Dipterologicæ. No. 2.—Descriptions of some new exotic species of Tipulidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876: 501-506 [503].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult, Australia (as Australiâ).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [87]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

General References

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] [177] (suggested synonymy of Ozodicera longipedalis Westwood, 1876, and incorrect generic placement of Pedicia gracilis)

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 [87] (formal synonymy of Ozodicera longipedalis Westwood, 1876)

Westwood, J.O. 1881. Notæ Dipterologicæ. No. 5.—Descriptions of new species of exotic Tipulidae, with an annotated summary of species belonging to the same family, previously described. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1881: 363-385 [381] (suggested synonymy of Ozodicera longipedalis Westwood, 1876, and incorrect generic placement of Pedicia gracilis)

 

History of changes

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03-Nov-2011		29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED
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