Styringomyia species

Theischinger, Günther, D, Zacariah & Martin, John, 2018, The genus Styringomyia LOEW in Australia (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Limoniidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2), pp. 1587-1633 : 1607

Distributions of Styringomyia species recorded from Australia

The Australian species of Styringomyia are predominantly found north of the tropic of Capricorn, with only S. bancrofti and, to a greater extent, S. williamsi extending south along the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range. The five species of the S. bancrofti group have a wide northern distribution ( Map 1 ), the two species of the S. terraereginae group are entirely north-eastern tropical ( Map 2 ), the three species of the S. bipunctata group are distributed along the eastern coast and Great Dividing Range ( Map 3 ), while the five ungrouped species also have a wide northern distribution ( Map 4 ).

Species of Styringomyia appear to exist in relative isolation with sympatry only observed for S. remex and S. kimberley at Cape Bertholet in West Kimberley and for S. remex and S. flagro at Annan River, near Black Mt, in tropical north-eastern Queensland.

Figures

Map 1: Distribution of the species of the Styringomyia bancrofti group: S. bancrofti, S. baroalba, S. collessi, S. remex, S. edwardsorum.

Map 2: Distribution of the species of the Styringomyia terraereginae group: S. terraereginae, S. aterrima.

Map 3: Distribution of the species of the Styringomyia bipunctata group: S. bipunctata, S. williamsi, S. coronata.

Map 4: Distribution of the ungrouped Styringomyia species: S. rose, S. flagro, S. naso, S. danbulla, S. kimberley.