Species Austrocercella tillyardi (Kimmins, 1951)

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• Spaniocerca tillyardi Kimmins, D.E. 1951. A revision of the Australian and Tasmanian Gripopterygidae and Nemouridae (Plecoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 2: 45-93 [87].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Lee's Springs, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 2♀ (Theischinger, G. 1984. A revision of the Australian stonefly genus Austrocercella Illies (Insecta: Plecoptera: Notonemouridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 691–718 stated that fig 7 of female Austrocercella marianne Illies, 1975 was Austrocercella tillyardi (Kimmins, 1951)).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Egg: aquatic.

Nymph: lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph inhabits swift forest streams.

 

General References

Hynes, H.B.N. 1964. Some Australian Plecopteran nymphs. Gewässer und Abwässer, Dusseldorf 34/35: 17-22 (life history)

Hynes, H.B.N. 1974. Observations on the adults and eggs of Australian Plecoptera. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 29: 37-52

Hynes, H.B.N. & Hynes, M.E. 1975. The life histories of many of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of south-eastern mainland Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 26: 113-154

Illies, J. 1975. Notonemouridae of Australia (Plecoptera: Ins.). Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 60: 221-249 (additional description)

Sephton, D.H. & Hynes, H.B.N. 1982. Observations on the first instar nymphs of several Australian stoneflies (Plecoptera). Aquatic Insects 4: 237-252

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-May-2011		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)