Species Chimarra australica (Ulmer, 1916)
- Chimarrha australica Ulmer, G. 1916. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. Trichoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 10: 1-23 [Date published 7 July 1916] [3].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♂, Malanda, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread in eastern Australia.
IBRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: lotic freshwater.
Extra Ecological Information
Construct sack-like silk nets, lotic-erosional.
General References
Cartwright, D.I. 1990. Taxonomy of the larvae, pupae and females of the Victorian species of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae), with notes on biology and distribution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 102: 15-22 (final instar larva, pupa, female)
Cartwright, D.I. 2002. The Australian species of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(2): 393-437 [412] (new record)
Mosely, M.E. & Kimmins, D.E. 1953. The Trichoptera (Caddis-flies) of Australia and New Zealand. London : British Museum (Natural History) 550 pp. [Date published 6 Feb. 1953] (redescription, distribution)
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