Species Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter, 1941
- Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter, F.M. 1941. A new genus of Mecoptera from Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1940: 51-53 [52].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ ♂, Mt Mawson, TAS.
Introduction
This species is found in the alpine zone (Palmer 2009).
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: apterous.
Larva: moss dweller.
Extra Ecological Information
On snow or low shrubs at high elevations.
General References
Byers, G.W. 1991. Mecoptera. pp. 696-704 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 2 pp. 543-1137. (also states that the larva described by Evans (1942) is probably Apteropanorpa tasmanica)
Evans, J.W. 1942. A mecopterous larva from Tasmania and notes on the morphology of the insect head. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1941: 31-35
Mickoleit, G. 1975. Die Genital- und Postgenitalsegmente der Mecoptera-Weibchen (Insecta, Holometabola) I. Das Exoskelet. Zeitschrift für Morphologie der Tiere 80: 97-135
Mickoleit, G. 1976. Die Genital- und Postgenitalsegmente der Mecoptera-Weibchen (Insecta, Holometabola) II. Das Dach der Genitalkammer. Zoomorphology (Berlin) 85: 133-156
Palmer, C.M. 2009. Habitats of Apteropanorpa Carpenter (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae), a genus of terrestrial scorpionflies from Tasmania. Entomological News 120(2): 230-232
Palmer, C.M., Trueman, J.W.H. & Yeates, D.K. 2007. Systematics of the Apteropanorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Invertebrate Systematics 21(6): 589-612 [599] (diagnosis, redescribed)
Palmer, C.M. & Siebke, K. 2008. Cold hardiness of Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 54(7): 1148-1156
Palmer, C.M. & Yeates, D.K. 2005. Diet and feeding behavior in adults of the Apteropanorpidae (Mecoptera). Journal of Insect Behavior 18(2): 209-231
Pilgrim, R.L.C. 1972. The aquatic larva and the pupa of Choristella philpotti Tillyard, 1917 (Mecoptera: Nannochoristidae). Pacific Insects 14: 151-168 (the larva described by Evans (1942) is probably Apteropanorpa tasmanica)
Willmann, R. 1981. Das Exoskelett der männlichen Genitalien der Mecoptera (Insecta). I. Morphologie. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 9: 96-150
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 14-Aug-2013 | 01-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |