Species Chaoborus ornatipennis Colless, 1986
- Chaoborus ornatipennis Colless, D.H. 1986. The Australian Chaoboridae (Diptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 124: 1-66 [15].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC 6042 ♂ adult (8.xii.1976, Z. Liepa), Kincumber, SW Terrigal, NSW.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Victoria: SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Diagnosis
Generally resembling C. vagus, but smaller and much paler; adventitious spotting usually
conspicuous; body hairs uniformly pale, except on palps and over dark bands on legs.
General References
Borkent, A. 1993. A world catalogue of fossil and extant Corethrellidae and Chaoboridae (Diptera), with a listing of references to keys, bionomic information and descriptions of each known life stage. Entomologica Scandinavica 24: 1-24 [16] (catalogue)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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10-Jun-2011 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |