Genus of flies
Pelecorhynchus is a genus of flies in the family Pelecorhynchidae . The adults mostly feed on nectar of Leptospermum flowers. Larvae have been collected in the damp margins of swamp areas, where they feed on earthworms.[ 5]
Distribution
They are mostly known from Australia & Chile.
Species
Pelecorhynchus albolineatus Hardy , 1918[ 6]
Pelecorhynchus biguttatus (Philippi , 1865) [ 7]
Pelecorhynchus claripennis Ricardo, 1910 [ 8]
Pelecorhynchus deuqueti Hardy, 1920 [ 9]
Pelecorhynchus distinctus Taylor, 1918 [ 10]
Pelecorhynchus elegans (Philippi, 1865) [ 7]
Pelecorhynchus eristaloides (Walker , 1848) [ 11]
Pelecorhynchus eristaloides var. montanus Hardy, 1916 [ 12]
Pelecorhynchus fascipennis Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus fergusoni Hardy, 1939 [ 14]
Pelecorhynchus flavipennis Ferguson, 1921 [ 15]
Pelecorhynchus fulvus Ricardo, 1910 [ 8]
Pelecorhynchus fusconiger (Walker, 1848) [ 11]
Pelecorhynchus hualqui Llanos & González, 2015 [ 16]
Pelecorhynchus igniculus Hardy, 1918 [ 6]
Pelecorhynchus interruptus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus kippsi Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus kroeberi (Lindner , 1925) [ 17]
Pelecorhynchus lineatus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus longicauda (Bigot , 1857) [ 4]
Pelecorhynchus lunulatus Mackerras & Fuller, 1953 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus mackerrasi Daniels, 1977 [ 18]
Pelecorhynchus mirabilis Taylor, 1917 [ 19]
Pelecorhynchus nebulosus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus nero Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus niger Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus nigripennis Ricardo, 1910 [ 8]
Pelecorhynchus occidens Hardy, 1933 [ 20]
Pelecorhynchus olivei Hardy, 1933 [ 20]
Pelecorhynchus penai Pechuman, 1967 [ 21]
Pelecorhynchus personatus (Walker, 1848) [ 11]
Pelecorhynchus rubidus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus simplex Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus simplissimus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus taeniatus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942 [ 13]
Pelecorhynchus tigris Daniels, 1977 [ 18]
Pelecorhynchus tillyardi Taylor, 1918 [ 10]
Pelecorhynchus toltensis Llanos & González, 2015 [ 16]
Pelecorhynchus vulpes (Macquart , 1850) [ 1]
Pelecorhynchus xanthopleura (Philippi, 1865) [ 7]
References
^ a b Macquart, P.J.M. (1850). "Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplement" . Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille . 1849 : 309– 479, pls. 1-14. Retrieved 13 August 2021 .
^ Philip, C.B. (1941). "Comments on the supra-specific categories of Nearctic Tabanidae". The Canadian Entomologist . 73 : 2– 14. doi :10.4039/Ent732-1 .
^ Thomson, C.G. (1869). Diptera. Species nova descripsit. Pp. 443-614, In Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befäl af C. A. Virgin, åren1851-1853. 2 (Zoologi) 1, Insecta . Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner. pp. 617 pp., pl. 9.
^ a b Bigot, J.M.F. (1857). "Diptères nouveaux provenant du Chili" . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 5 (3): 277– 308. Retrieved 3 December 2022 .
^ "Australian National Insect Collection Database Pelecorhynchidae" . CSIRO Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2010 .
^ a b Hardy, G.H. (1918). "Notes on Tasmanian Diptera and description of new species, etc" . Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania . 1917 : 60– 66. doi :10.5962/bhl.part.11374 . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ a b c Philippi, Rodolfo Amando (1865). "Aufzahlung der chilenischen Dipteren" . Abhandlungen der Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien . 15 : 595– 782. Retrieved 28 April 2019 .
^ a b c Ricardo, G. (1910). "A revision of the genus Pelecorhynchus of the family Tabanidae" . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 5 (8): 402– 409. doi :10.1080/00222931008692794 . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ Hardy, G.H. (1920). "Notes on flies of the genus Pelecorhynchus (Tabanidae)". Records of the Australian Museum . 13 : 33– 39. doi :10.3853/j.0067-1975.13.1920.854 .
^ a b Taylor, F.H. (1918). "Studies in Australian Tabanidae" (PDF) . Records of the Australian Museum . 12 (5): 53– 70. doi :10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.880 . Retrieved 18 September 2022 .
^ a b c Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1 . London: British Museum. pp. 1– 229.
^ Hardy, G.H. (1916). "Notes on Tasmanian Diptera and descriptions of new species, etc" . Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania . 1916 : 267– 272. doi :10.5962/bhl.part.28994 . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Mackerras, I.M.; Fuller, M.E. (1942). "The genus Pelecorhynchus (Diptera, Tabanoidea)" . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 67 : 9– 76. Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ Hardy, G.H. (1939). "Miscellaneous notes on Australian Diptera. V. On eye-coloration, and other notes" . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 64 : 34– 50. Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ Ferguson, E.W. (1921). "New Australian Tabanidae, with notes on previously described species". Proc. R. Soc. Vic . New Series. 33 : 1– 29.
^ a b Llanos, L.; González, C.R.; Saldarriaga-Córdoba, M. (2015). "Revision of the New World species of the genus Pelecorhynchus Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae)" . Zootaxa . 3955 (2): 188– 210. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.3955.2.2 . PMID 25947847 . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ Lindner, E. (1925). "Neue exotische Dipteren (Rhagionidae et Tabanidae)" (PDF) . Konowia . 4 : 20– 24. Retrieved 26 August 2022 .
^ a b Daniels, G. (1977). "Two new species of Pelecorhynchus Macquart (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae), with the first record of the family from Western Australia". Australian Entomological Magazine . 4 : 73– 75.
^ Taylor, F.H. (1917). "Australian Tabanidae (Diptera). No. iii" . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 42 : 513– 528. Retrieved 18 September 2022 .
^ a b Hardy, G.H. (1933). "Miscellaneous notes on Australian Diptera. I" . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 58 : 408– 420. Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ Pechuman, L.L. (1967). "A new Pelecorhynchus from Chile (Diptera: Tabanoidea: Pelecorhychidae)". The Canadian Entomologist . 99 (5): 554– 555. doi :10.4039/Ent99554-5 .
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