Bathypogon microdonturus Hull, 1958d: 190

Lavigne, Robert J., 2020, Current condition of Bathypogon types (Diptera: Asilidae) described by Frank M Hull and housed in the South Australian Museum of Natural History with notes on other Bathypogon types, Zootaxa 4868 (4), pp. 560-576 : 566

Bathypogon microdonturus Hull, 1958d: 190 .

Type. Label data (from Hull 1958d) “ Type. Male. Owieandana, North Flinders Range , collected by Hale and Tindale. Type in the South Australian Museum. ”

[Author’s Note: Despite Hull’s comment that he “returned all types”, this holotype is missing. It does not reside in the Australian Museum ( Daniels 1978), nor in the Queensland Museum ( Daniels 1985, pers. comm., 2004). The Canadian National Collection ( CNC) purchased the Frank Hull collection directly from Hull himself and his son Clovis S. Hull. Jeff Cummings (pers. comm.), who is currently in charge of the Hull collection, has informed the author that the holotype of Bathypogon microdonturus was not among the material purchased. Consequently, it is presumed to have been destroyed by “pests” (presumably dermestids); a neotype may need to be assigned when specimens are collected that agree with the type description or topotypes are collected.]