Species Pleuroseta wentworthi (Richards, 1973)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leptocera (Pleuroseta) wentworthi Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [355-356].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70475 ♂ (20.xi.1958, D.K. McAlpine), Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW [33° 42' 55" S 150° 22' 4" E].
• Leptocera (Biroina) dorrigonis Richards, O.W. 1973. The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22: 297-401 [333-335].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K70435 ♂ (30.iii.1960, D.K. McAlpine), Dorrigo National Park, NSW [30° 22' 54" S 152° 45' 4" E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC Register number not provided 1♀, Kangaroo Valley, NSW [Lat/Long not provided]; AM Register number not provided 1♀, Otford, NSW [Lat/Long not provided]; BMNH Register number not provided 1 ♂, Mount Glorious, QLD [Lat/Long not provided].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kuwahara, G.K. & Marshall, S.A. 2023. A revision of the Australian genus Pleuroseta Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 910: 69–97

 

Generic Combinations

• Biroina dorrigonis (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [602]
• Pleuroseta dorrigonis (Richards, 1973). —
  Kuwahara, G., & Marshall, S. 2022. A revision of the Australian species of Howickia Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Zootaxa 5192: 1-152 [10] (new combination)
• Pleuroseta wentworthi (Richards, 1973). —
  Marshall, S.A. 1989. 96. Family Sphaeroceridae. pp. 601-607 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [605]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	SPHAEROCERIDAE Macquart, 1835	12-Nov-2024	MODIFIED
29-Feb-2012		29-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)