Species Tanytarsus reidi Cranston, 2000

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• Tanytarsus reidi Cranston, P.S. 2000. Monsoonal tropical Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) reviewed: new species, life histories and significance as aquatic environmental indicators. Australian Journal of Entomology 39: 138-159 [153].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ with associated larval and pupal exuviae (14.v.1995, P.S. Cranston), QLD: Border Pool, Musselbrook, Lawn Hill NP [18°36'53"S 137°59'25"E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♂ & 1♀ with associated larval and pupal exuviae (14.v.1995, P.S. Cranston), QLD: Border Pool, Musselbrook, Lawn Hill NP [18°36'53"S 137°59'25"E]; ANIC 1♀ pupa with associated larval exuviae (14.v.1995, P.S. Cranston), QLD: Border Pool, Musselbrook, Lawn Hill NP [18°36'53"S 137°59'25"E]; ANIC 1♀ with pupal exuviae (14.v.1995, P.S. Cranston), QLD: Border Pool, Musselbrook, Lawn Hill NP [18°36'53"S 137°59'25"E]; ANIC 1 pupa with larval exuviae (14.v.1995, P.S. Cranston), QLD: Border Pool, Musselbrook, Lawn Hill NP [18°36'53"S 137°59'25"E]; ANIC 1 pupal exuviae (17.v.1995), QLD: Louie Creek, Lawn Hill crossing, Lawn Hill NP [18°45'39"S 138°31'15"E]; ANIC 1 pupal exuviae (15.iv.1989), NT: Upper Magela Creek, above falls, Arnhem Land [12°47'S 133°06'E]; ANIC 5 pupae, 2 pupal exuviae, WA: various localities.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Kimberley (CK), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

History of changes