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Species Harpobittacus nigriceps (Sélys-Longchamps, 1868)

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Species Harpobittacus nigriceps (Sélys-Longchamps, 1868)

  • Bittacus nigriceps Sélys-Longchamps, E. de 1868. Diagnose d'un nouveau genre d'Agrionine d'Australie: Synlestes Weyersii, et d'une Panorpide nouvelle d'Australie: Bittacus nigriceps. Bulletin ou Comptes-rendus des Séances de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 11: LXXVI-LXXVIII [77].
    Type data:
     Lectotype RIB ♂, QLD.
    Paralectotype(s) RIB 5♂ 16♀.
    Subsequent designation references:
    Lambkin, K.J. 1994. Revision of the Australian scorpion-fly genus Harpobittacus (Mecoptera: Bittacidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 767-808 [799].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

General References

Bornemissza, G.F. 1966. Observations on the hunting and mating behaviour of two species of scorpion flies (Bittacidae: Mecoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 371-382

Thornhill, R. 1983. Cryptic female choice and its implications in the scorpionfly Harpobittacus nigriceps. American Naturalist 122: 765-788

Thornhill, R. 1984. Fighting and assessment in Harpobittacus scorpionflies. Evolution 38: 204-214

Willmann, R. 1981. Das Exoskelett der männlichen Genitalien der Mecoptera (Insecta). I. Morphologie. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 9: 96-150