Species Asmicridea edwardsii (McLachlan, 1866)
- Hydropsyche edwardsii McLachlan, R. 1866. Descriptions of new or little-known genera and species of exotic Trichoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 5: 247-278 [Date published June 1866] [269].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (ex McLachlan coll.), Melbourne, VIC. - Smicridea nivea Ulmer, G. 1905. Zur kenntnis aussereuropäischer Trichopteren. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 66: 1-119 [Date published Apr. 1905] [104].
Type data:
Syntype(s) IZW 2♂, Billop (Brasil?) (Ulmer (1916) suggested locality is Australian; Neboiss (1988) suggests Billop Bluff near Poatina, 41º50´S 147º00´E, see 1:250 000 map Tasmania).Type locality references:
Ulmer, G. 1916. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. Trichoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 10: 1-23 [Date published 7 July 1916]; Neboiss, A. 1988. Trichoptera. pp. 177-267 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Ephemeroptera, Megaloptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Trichoptera. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 6 xi 316 pp.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Ulmer, G. 1916. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. Trichoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 10: 1-23 [Date published 7 July 1916] [13]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: lotic freshwater.
Extra Ecological Information
Netbuilder.
General References
Chessman, B.C. 1986. Dietary studies of aquatic insects from two Victorian rivers. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 129-146 [Date published 9 May 1986]
Mosely, M.E. & Kimmins, D.E. 1953. The Trichoptera (Caddis-flies) of Australia and New Zealand. London : British Museum (Natural History) 550 pp. [Date published 6 Feb. 1953] (generic change to Asmicridea and species name emended)
Neboiss, A. 1977. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study of Tasmanian caddis-flies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 38: 1-208 [Date published 4 Apr. 1977] (redescription, distribution)
Ulmer, G. 1916. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. Trichoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 10: 1-23 [Date published 7 July 1916] (generic change to Smicridea)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 11-Oct-2012 | 11-Oct-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 01-Nov-2011 | 29-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |