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Species Arachnocampa (Campara) otwayensis Baker, 2010

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Species Arachnocampa (Campara) otwayensis Baker, 2010

  • Arachnocampa (Campara) otwayensis Baker, 2010.
    Type data:
     Holotype MV ♂ (CB/AM, collected as larva, reared to adult in incubator by CB, WVIC1Ri1.), Australia, Victoria, Melba Gully State Park, Madsen Track, stream and trail banks, 10.vi.2002 [38°41.8’S, 143°22.2’E].
    Paratype(s) 1♂ (CB/JF, collected as larva, reared to adult in incubator by CB, WVIC3#1), VICTORIA, Hopetoun Falls, stream banks, 9.iii.2000 [38°40’S, 143°34’E]; 1♂, 1♀ (CB/JF, collected as larvae, reared to adults in incubator by CB, WVIC5#2-3), VIC, Angahook-Lorne State Park, Kennett River picnic area, stream banks, 9.iii.2000 [38°40’S, 143°49’E]; 1♂, 1♀ (CB/JF, collected as larvae, reared to adults in incubator by CB, WVIC6#1-2), VIC, Angahook-Lorne State Park, Sheoak picnic area, stream banks, 12.iii.2000 [38°33’S, 143°56’E]; 1♂ (CB/AM, collected as larva, reared to adult in incubator by CB, WVIC6Ri#1), Angahook-Lorne State Park, Sheoak picnic area, stream banks, 10.vi.2002 [38°33’S, 143°56’E]; 2♂♂, 1♀ (Collected as larvae, reared to adults in incubator by CB/JF, WVIC2#1-3), VIC, Beauchamp Falls, base of waterfall and surrounding stream banks, 12.iii.2000 [38°39’S, 143°37’E]; 1♂, 1♀ (Collected as larvae, reared to adults in incubator by CB, WVIC2Ri#1-2), VIC, Beauchamp Falls, base of waterfall and surrounding stream banks, 10.vi.2002 [38°39’S, 143°37’E]
    Comment: Paratypes deposited in AM, MV, QM, TM and UQIC.

 

Introduction

The name Arachnocampa (Campara) otwayensis, first published in Baker et al. (2008), is unavailable. The taxonomic descriptions appearing in 'A new subgenus and five new species of Australian Glow-worms (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Arachnocampa)' (Baker 2010) were intended to be published prior to a molecular phylogenetic study of Australian glow-worms (Baker et al. 2008). However, the molecular study (Baker et al 2008) was published before the descriptive paper (Baker 2010), and the scientific names of the new taxa described in Baker (2010) were inadvertently used in Baker et al. (2008). Baker et al. (2008) did not fix holotypes for the new species, so the species names used there are not available (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 1999, Article 16.4). In order to preserve the link with the taxa referred to in the molecular paper (Baker et al. 2008), the same names are used in Baker (2010) for the formal descriptions of the new subgenus and species.

Baker (2010) states that McKeown (1935) noted the presence of Arachnocampa in the Otway Forest, Victoria. This population of Arachnocampa species remained undescribed until the current study, although previously it had been tentatively identified as A. richardsae (Crosby 1978).

The colouration of fresh, live larvae of this species was not recorded before they were placed in ethanol or reared to the adults.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Restricted to rainforest gullies and stream banks in the Otway National Park

 

Diagnosis

Adult body size 6.5-8.5 mm (♂♂), 8 mm (♀♀); wing length 4.5-5.5 mm ♂♂, 5-6 mm ♀♀. Antennae 4-5 mm ♂♂, 2-2.2 mm ♀♀. 0-5 setae on laterotergite. m-cu located halfway between r-m and fork of M (well beyond r-m). r-m straight. bm-cu curved, 2.4-3.3 times length of m-cu, sloping slightly backwards, towards base of wing. Larvae with 9 and 10 maxillary teeth plus lobe .

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
06-Apr-2011 ADDED