Species Chironomus (Chironomus) nepeanensis Skuse, 1889
- Chironomus nepeanensis Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI.—The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 215-311 [231].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult, Nepean River, near Penrith, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Reported from Eacham and Barrine .
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic, lake.
General References
Atchley, W.R. & Martin, J. 1971. A morphometric analysis of differential sexual dimorphism in larvae of Chironomus (Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist 103: 319-327 [319] (morphometric analysis)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |