Pelecorhynchus Explained

Pelecorhynchus is a genus of flies from 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.^[1]

Distribution

They are mostly known from Australia & Chile.

Species

• Pelecorhynchus albolineatus Hardy, 1918^[2]
• Pelecorhynchus biguttatus (Philippi, 1865)^[3]
• Pelecorhynchus claripennis Ricardo, 1910^[4]
• Pelecorhynchus deuqueti Hardy, 1920^[5]
• Pelecorhynchus distinctus Taylor, 1918^[6]
• Pelecorhynchus elegans (Philippi, 1865)^[3]
• Pelecorhynchus eristaloides (Walker, 1848)^[7]
• Pelecorhynchus eristaloides var. montanus Hardy, 1916^[8]
• Pelecorhynchus fascipennis Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus fergusoni Hardy, 1939^[10]
• Pelecorhynchus flavipennis Ferguson, 1921^[11]
• Pelecorhynchus fulvus Ricardo, 1910^[4]
• Pelecorhynchus fusconiger (Walker, 1848)^[7]
• Pelecorhynchus hualqui Llanos & González, 2015^[12]
• Pelecorhynchus igniculus Hardy, 1918^[2]
• Pelecorhynchus interruptus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus kippsi Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus kroeberi (Lindner, 1925)^[13]
• Pelecorhynchus lineatus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus longicauda (Bigot, 1857)^[14]
• Pelecorhynchus lunulatus Mackerras & Fuller, 1953^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus mackerrasi Daniels, 1977^[15]
• Pelecorhynchus mirabilis Taylor, 1917^[16]
• Pelecorhynchus nebulosus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus nero Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus niger Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus nigripennis Ricardo, 1910^[4]
• Pelecorhynchus occidens Hardy, 1933^[17]
• Pelecorhynchus olivei Hardy, 1933^[17]
• Pelecorhynchus penai Pechuman, 1967^[18]
• Pelecorhynchus personatus (Walker, 1848)^[7]
• Pelecorhynchus rubidus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus simplex Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus simplissimus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus taeniatus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942^[9]
• Pelecorhynchus tigris Daniels, 1977^[15]
• Pelecorhynchus tillyardi Taylor, 1918^[6]
• Pelecorhynchus toltensis Llanos & González, 2015^[12]
• Pelecorhynchus vulpes (Macquart, 1850)
• Pelecorhynchus xanthopleura (Philippi, 1865)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian National Insect Collection Database Pelecorhynchidae. CSIRO Australia. 24 May 2010.
2. Hardy . G.H. . Notes on Tasmanian Diptera and description of new species, etc. . Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania . 1918 . 1917 . 60–66. 10.5962/bhl.part.11374 . 4 December 2022.
3. Philippi . Rodolfo Amando . Aufzahlung der chilenischen Dipteren . Abhandlungen der Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien. . 1865 . 15 . 595–782 . 28 April 2019.
4. Ricardo . G. . A revision of the genus Pelecorhynchus of the family Tabanidae . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1910 . 5 . 8 . 402–409 . 10.1080/00222931008692794 . 4 December 2022.
5. Hardy . G.H. . Notes on flies of the genus Pelecorhynchus (Tabanidae) . Records of the Australian Museum . 1920 . 13 . 33–39. 10.3853/j.0067-1975.13.1920.854 .
6. Taylor . F.H. . Studies in Australian Tabanidae . Records of the Australian Museum . 1918 . 12 . 5 . 53–70 . 10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.880 . 18 September 2022.
7. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1 . 1848 . 1–229 . British Museum . London .
8. Hardy . G.H. . Notes on Tasmanian Diptera and descriptions of new species, etc. . Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania . 1916 . 1916 . 267–272. 10.5962/bhl.part.28994 . 4 December 2022.
9. Mackerras . I.M. . Fuller . M.E. . The genus Pelecorhynchus (Diptera, Tabanoidea) . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1942 . 67 . 9–76 . 4 December 2022.
10. Hardy . G.H. . Miscellaneous notes on Australian Diptera. V. On eye-coloration, and other notes . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1939 . 64 . 34–50 . 4 December 2022.
11. Ferguson . E.W. . New Australian Tabanidae, with notes on previously described species . Proc. R. Soc. Vic. . New Series . 1921 . 33 . 1–29.
12. Llanos . L. . González . C.R. . Saldarriaga-Córdoba . M. . Revision of the New World species of the genus Pelecorhynchus Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae) . Zootaxa . 2015 . 3955 . 2 . 188–210 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.2.2 . 25947847 . 4 December 2022.
13. Lindner . E. . Neue exotische Dipteren (Rhagionidae et Tabanidae) . Konowia . 1925 . 4 . 20–24 . 26 August 2022.
14. Bigot . J.M.F. . Diptères nouveaux provenant du Chili . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 1857 . 5 . 3 . 277–308 . 3 December 2022.
15. Daniels . G. . Two new species of Pelecorhynchus Macquart (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae), with the first record of the family from Western Australia . Australian Entomological Magazine . 1977 . 4 . 73–75.
16. Taylor . F.H. . Australian Tabanidae (Diptera). No. iii . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1917 . 42 . 513–528 . 18 September 2022.
17. Hardy . G.H. . Miscellaneous notes on Australian Diptera. I . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1933 . 58 . 408–420 . 4 December 2022.
18. Pechuman . L.L. . A new Pelecorhynchus from Chile (Diptera: Tabanoidea: Pelecorhychidae) . The Canadian Entomologist . 1967 . 99 . 5 . 554–555. 10.4039/Ent99554-5 .