Species Austrocurupira nicholsoni (Tillyard, 1922)
- Neocurupira nicholsoni Tillyard, R.J. 1922. Australian Blephariceridae. (Order Diptera). Part 1:—description of new species. The Australian Zoologist 2: 159-172 [167].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, the large waterfall on Digger's Creek, about 2 miles below the hotel, Mount Kosciusko, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ 7♂ adults (7♂ not found, ♀ paratype represented by a labelled pin only); AM ♂ adult; BMNH ♂ adult.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: hygropetric.
Extra Ecological Information
Larva found in hygropetric habitats.
General References
Stuckenberg, B.R. 1970. Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Neukaledonien-Epedition: The Blephariceridae (Diptera) of New Caledonia. Annals of the Natal Museum 20(2): 217-256 [227]
Tonnoir, A.L. 1923. Australian Blephariceridae. Corrections and additions to Parts I. and II. The Australian Zoologist 3: 135-142 [142] (taxonomy)
Tonnoir, A.L. 1923. Australian Blephariceridae. Part II.—larvae and pupae. The Australian Zoologist 3(2): 47-59 [57] (taxonomy)
Zwick, P. 1977. Australian Blephariceridae (Diptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 46: 1-121 [93] (taxonomy)
Zwick, P. 1998. Australian net-winged midges of the tribe Apistomyiini (Diptera: Blephariceridae). Australian Journal of Entomology 37(4): 189-311 (Key and distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Sep-2011 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |