Species Armatalona macrocopa (G.O. Sars, 1895)

• 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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Nov-2022	CHYDORIDAE Stebbing, 1902	16-Jan-2024	MODIFIED
13-Mar-2025		20-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
13-Mar-2025		18-Aug-2010	MODIFIED
		14-May-2010	MODIFIED