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Genus Australopelopia Cranston, 2000

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Yalgoo (YAL)

Diagnosis

Adult with thoracic tubercle, scape and pedicel setose, costa spinose in G, extending beyond apex of R4+5 to near wing apex; R2+3, R2 and R3 present; tibial spurs 1, 2, 2, elongate with several side teeth; hypopygium with evidence of volsella on median base of gonocoxite. Pupa with dilate tubular thoracic horn, with horn sac filling half lumen, with subapical connection to large ovoid plastron plate, filling much of corona; thoracic comb present; tergal scar present; shagreen of simple spinules, some aligned in rows; L(ateral) setae taeniate on VII and VIII, anal lobe outer marrgin
spinose, inner bare, setae adhesive. Larva without swim hairs on body, head index c. 0.7; ligula 5-toothed with concave tooth row and inner teeth curved outward; 2nd antennal segment annulate, AR <4; Mandible with long seta subdentalis arising in indentation between projecting inner and basal teeth; SSm, V9 and V10 aligned at 45˚ to antero-ventral axis, with VP posterior to V10, dorsal pit present, S7 close to S8.

 

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)
12-May-2015 CHIRONOMIDAE 29-Sep-2015 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco
26-Apr-2012 26-Apr-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)