Species Austrocnephia orientalis (Mackerras & Mackerras, 1950)
- Cnephia tonnoiri orientalis Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1950. Notes on Australasian Simuliidae (Diptera). II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 75: 167-187 [170].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, QLD: Little Nerang Creek.
Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ ♀ adults; BMNH ♂ adult.
Generic Combinations
- Paracnephia orientalis (Mackerras & Mackerras, 1950). —
Crosskey, R.W. & Howard, T.M. 1997. A New Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory of World Blackflies. London : The Natural History Museum 144 pp. [18] - Austrocnephia orientalis (Mackerras & Mackerras, 1950). —
Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C., Gil-Azevedo, L.H. & Moulton, J.K. 2019. Austrocnephia, new genus, for five species of ‘Paracnephia’ (Diptera: Simuliidae), with a key to Australian black fly genera. Zootaxa 4627(1): 1-92 [51] (New combination)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Larva attached to vegetation just beneath the surface of clear, moderate to fast, turbulent flowing streams, adjacent to the line of fastest flow.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2020 | SIMULIIDAE Newman, 1834 | 26-Nov-2019 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 10-Jun-2011 | 28-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |