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Cydistomyia infirmus Mackerras & Spratt, 2008

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cydistomyia infirmus Mackerras & Spratt, 2008
Name authority
Mackerras & Spratt, 2008
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tabanidae
Genus
Cydistomyia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderDiptera
  7. familyTabanidae
  8. subfamilyTabaninae
  9. tribeDiachlorini Lutz, 1909
  10. genusCydistomyia Taylor, 1919
  11. speciesCydistomyia infirmus Mackerras & Spratt, 2008

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cydistomyia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) abava Philip, 1959TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia albidosegmentata (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1926)TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia (Amanella) atra (Oldroyd, 1954)TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia atrostriatus Burger, 2006TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) avida (Bigot, 1892)TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia bancroftae Mackerras, 1964TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia bisecta Oldroyd, 1949TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) brunnea Burger, 1982TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia imitans Oldroyd, 1949TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia immigrans Oldroyd, 1949TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia improcerus Mackerras & Spratt, 2008TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cydistomyia (Amanella) ingridina Usher, 1965TabanidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 219 records assigned to Tabanidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Mackerras, I.M., Spratt, D.M. & Yeates, D.K. (2008) Revision of the horse fly genera Lissimas and Cydistomyia (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini) of Australia. Zootaxa, 1886.Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:32ZF7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.