Genus Agapetus Curtis, 1834

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• Agapetus Curtis, J. 1834. Descriptions of some nondescript British species of May-flies of anglers. Philosophical Magazine London 4: 217-218 [217].

  Type species:

   Agapetus fuscipes Curtis, 1834 by subsequent designation, see Westwood, J.O. 1839. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects, founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. Synopsis of the genera of British insects. London : Longman Vol. 2(9–15) xi 587 pp. [Date published published 1938 to 1940: date of publication confirmed from Griffin, F.J. 1932. [dates of parts] Proc. R. Entomological Society London vol. 6 (3)].

  Secondary source:

   Schmid, F. 1959. Trichoptères du Pakistan, 2me partie. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 102: 231-253 [Date published 10 Dec. 1959] [245].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Distribution References

General References

Marchant, R. & Hehir, G. 1999. Growth, production and mortality of two species of Agapetus (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae) in the Acheron River, SE Australia. Freshwater Biology 42: 655-672 (ecology)

Wells, A. 2010. Australian species of the genus Agapetus (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae), with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa 2420: 1-25

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