Species Arachnocampa (Campara) tropica Baker, 2010
- Arachnocampa (Campara) tropica Baker, 2010.
Type data:
Holotype QM QM T152171 Male (Rainforest road cuttings near stream. Collected as larva reared to adult in incubator by CB (Claire Baker), NQLD2#2), Australia, north Queensland, Mt Lewis Rd, 10.vii.2000 [16°34.9’S, 145°17’E].
Paratype(s) QM 1 ♂, 2♀♀ (Rainforest road cuttings near stream, collected as larvae, reared to adult in incubator by CB 1 ♂, NQLD2#6; 2♀♀ NQLD2#1, 5), Australia, north Queensland, Mt Lewis Rd 10.vii.2000, CB/AM [16°34.9’S, 145°17’E]; QM 1♀ (CB/AM, collected as larva, reared to adult in incubator by CB, NQLD9#1), Paluma National Park, Birthday Creek Falls, road cuttings near car park, 8.vii.2000 [18°59’S, 146°10’E]; QM 1♂ (CB/AM, collected as larva, reared to adult in incubator by CB, NQLD6#1. (paratypes deposited in AM, MV, QM, TM and UQIC)), Wooroonoran National Park: Josephine Falls section, Bartle Frere trail, western approach, Bobbin Bobbin Falls, stream banks, 9.vii.2000 [17°22’S, 145°47’E]; QM 1♀ (CB/AM, collected as larva, reared to adult in incubator by CB, NQLD5#3 Paratypes deposited in AM, MV, QM, TM and UQIC), Wooroonoran National Park: Josephine Falls section, Bartle Frere trail, western approach, granite boulder cave off trail near summit, 9.vii.2000 [17°22’S, 145°49’E]; 5♂♂, 1♀ (CB/AM, collected as larva, reared to adult in incubator by CB, NQLD4#1 Paratypes deposited in AM, MV, QM, TM and UQIC), Mt Hypipamee National Park, Dinner Falls walking trail banks near stream, 9.vii.2000 [17°26’S, 145°28’E]; 1♀ (CB/AM, collected as larva, reared to adult in incubator by CB, NQLD4Ri#1 Paratypes deposited in AM, MV, QM, TM and UQIC), Mt Hypipamee National Park, Dinner Falls walking trail banks near stream, 11.vi.2002 [17°26’S, 145°28’E]; 2♂♂, 2♀♀ (CB/AM, collected as larva, reared to adult in incubator by CB, NQLD8#1-4. Paratypes deposited in AM, MV, QM, TM and UQIC), Tully Falls State Park, Charmillan walking trail banks near stream, 9.vii.2000 [17°43’S, 145°31’E]
Comment: Paratypes deposited in AM, MV, QM, TM and UQIC.Type locality references:
Baker C.H. 2010. A new subgenus and five new species of Australian Glow-worms (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Arachnocampa). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 55: 11-41 [Date published 15 March] [29].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Baker C.H. 2010. A new subgenus and five new species of Australian Glow-worms (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Arachnocampa). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 55: 11-41 [Date published 15 March] [29-30]
Introduction
The names Arachnocampa (Campara) tropica and Arachnocampa (Campara) tropicus first published in Baker et al. (2008) are 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 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.
Morphological and molecular data distinguish A. tropica from all other species in the genus. A large geographic distance separates this northern clade from other Australian populations of Arachnocampa
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
- Baker C.H. 2010. A new subgenus and five new species of Australian Glow-worms (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Arachnocampa). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 55: 11-41 [Date published 15 March]
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. Adult body length 7-8 mm (♂♂), 7-9 mm (♀♀). Wing length 5-6 mm (♂♂), 5.5-6.5 mm (♀♀). Antennal length 3-3.5 mm (♂♂), 2mm (♀♀). bm-cu curved backwards and 1.7-2.5 x length of m-cu. m-cu sloping forwards. Laterotergite with 2-12 (♂♂), 3-30 (♀♀) setae. Larvae with 10 and 11 maxillary teeth. Larval head capsule sclerotised brown, body with faint brown/red pigmentation beginning at anterior end, extending down entire length of lateral edges of body. Malpighian tubules black.
Diagnosis References
Baker C.H. 2010. A new subgenus and five new species of Australian Glow-worms (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Arachnocampa). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 55: 11-41 [Date published 15 March] [30]
General References
Baker, C.H., Graham, G.C., Scott, K.D., Yeates D.K. & Merritt, D.J. 2008. Distribution and phylogenetic relationships of Australian glow-worms Arachnocampa (Diptera, Keroplatidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 506-514
Baker C.H. 2010. A new subgenus and five new species of Australian Glow-worms (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Arachnocampa). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 55: 11-41 [Date published 15 March]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 31-Mar-2011 | ADDED |