Species Brunettia (Atrichobrunettia) scitula Duckhouse, 1966

Museums

Regional Maps

• Brunettia alternata scitula Duckhouse, D.A. 1966. Psychodidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of southern Australia: subfamily Psychodinae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 118: 153-220 [190] [originally described as a subspecies of Brunettia (Atrichobrunettia) alternata Satchell, 1953].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult (not found), Delley's Dell, Grampian Mountians, VIC.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4♂ 6♀ adults (not found).

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

General References

Duckhouse, D.A. 1995. The final-stage larvae of Brunettia (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) and their evolutionary significance. Invertebrate Taxonomy 9: 83-105 (larvae, pupae)

Duckhouse, D.A. & Lewis, D.J. 1989. Superfamily Psychodoidea. 15. Family Psychodidae. pp. 166-179 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [170] (new status as Brunettia (Atrichobrunettia) scitula (Duckhouse, 1966))

 

History of changes

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