• Armatalona Sinev, A.Y. 2004. Armatalona gen. n. – a new genus of subfamily Aloninae (Anomopoda, Chydoridae), separated from genus Alona Baird, 1840. Hydrobiologia 520: 29-47 [34].

  Type species:

   Alona macrocopa Sars, 1894 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • South Australia: W plateau
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• New Zealand

History of changes

• Alona imitatoria Smirnov, N.N. 1989. Tropical Cladocera. 1. Alona et Biapertura (Aloninae, Chydoridae) species novae from tropical Australia. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 68: 135-140 [139].

Generic Combinations

• Armatalona imitatoria (Smirnov, 1989). —
  Sinev, A.Y. 2004. Armatalona gen. n. – a new genus of subfamily Aloninae (Anomopoda, Chydoridae), separated from genus Alona Baird, 1840. Hydrobiologia 520: 29-47

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South Australian record from Parla Rock, c. 60 Km E of Streaky Bay, Eyre Peninsula.

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: W plateau
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

History of changes

• Alona macrocopa Sars, G.O. 1895. On some South African Entomostraca raised from dried mud. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 8: 1-56 [20].
• Alona abbreviata Sars, G.O. 1896. On freshwater Entomostraca from the neighbourhood of Sydney, partly raised from dried mud. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab, Kristiania 18: 1-81 [40].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, UZMO, reared from mud from a pond at the corner of Bourke Street and Botany Road.
• Alona duoodonta Henry, M. 1922. A monograph of the freshwater Entomostraca of New South Wales. Part I. Cladocera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(II): 26-52 [49].
• Alona gurneyi Smirnov, N.N. 2001. Recent changes and improvements in Aloninae taxonomy (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda: Chydoridae). Arthropoda Selecta 10(1): 1–4 [in English].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMMU 3090-1 ♀, Horseshoe Lagoon, via Charters Towers, QLD.
• Alona investis Smirnov, N.N. & Timms, B.V. 1983. Revision of the Australian Cladocera (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 1: 1-132 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P31297 ♀, L. Mulwala, via Yarrawonga, Victoria [36°01'S, 146°00'E].

Generic Combinations

• Biapertura abreviata (Sars, 1895). —
  Smirnov, N.N. & Timms, B.V. 1983. Revision of the Australian Cladocera (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 1: 1-132 [63]
• Biapertura duodonta (Henry, 1922). —
  Smirnov, N.N. & Timms, B.V. 1983. Revision of the Australian Cladocera (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 1: 1-132 [64]
• Armatalona macrocopa (Sars, 1895). —
  Sinev, A.Y. 2004. Armatalona gen. n. – a new genus of subfamily Aloninae (Anomopoda, Chydoridae), separated from genus Alona Baird, 1840. Hydrobiologia 520: 29-47
• Biapertura macrocopa (Sars, 1895). —
  Smirnov, N.N. & Timms, B.V. 1983. Revision of the Australian Cladocera (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 1: 1-132 [62]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD (Timms areas 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 11. 17).

IBRA

NSW, NT, Tas, Vic, WA: Riverina (RIV)

History of changes