Species Agapetus cralus (Mosely, 1953)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Synagapetus crala Mosely, M.E. & Kimmins, D.E. 1953. The Trichoptera (Caddis-flies) of Australia and New Zealand. London : British Museum (Natural History) 550 pp. [Date published 6 Feb. 1953] [500].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Cradle Mtn, TAS.
• Synagapetus styliferus Jacquemart, S. 1965. Contribution à la connaissance de la fauna Trichopterologique de la Tasmanie et de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 41(35): 1-47 [Date published Sept. 1965] [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype IRSNB ♂, Geeveston, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Neboiss, A. 1977. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study of Tasmanian caddis-flies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 38: 1-208 [Date published 4 Apr. 1977] [37]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: lotic freshwater, saddle case maker.

Extra Ecological Information

Lotic-erosional waters.

General References

Neboiss, A. 1977. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study of Tasmanian caddis-flies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 38: 1-208 [Date published 4 Apr. 1977] (redescription, distribution)

Ross, H.H. 1956. Evolution and Classification of the Mountain Caddisflies. Urbana : Univ. Illinois Press 213 pp. (change of genus)

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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