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Species Meridiochorista ruficeps (Newman, 1850)

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Species Meridiochorista ruficeps (Newman, 1850)

  • Panorpa ruficeps Newman, [E.] 1850. [No Title ('The following description, by Mr Newman, of Panorpa ruficeps, a new species from New Holland, was then read')]. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1850: 14 [14].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH (Riek, E.F. 1973. A revision of Australian scorpion flies of the family Choristidae (Mecoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 103–112 states that its 'Location [is] not known'; Byers, G.W. pers. comm. says that a ♀ was in the type collection in 1964), Port Phillip (as Port Philip), VIC.
  • Chorista victoriensis Issiki, S. 1931. Two new species of scorpion flies (Insecta, Order Mecoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 7: 219-222 [219].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH ♂, Cockatoo, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Riek, E.F. 1954. The Australian Mecoptera or scorpion-flies. Australian Journal of Zoology 2: 143-168 [149]

 

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

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.