Species Chodopsycha harrisi (Satchell, 1950)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Psychoda harrisi Satchell, G.H. 1950. The New Zealand Psychodidae: a study based upon the collection and manuscript notes of the late Dr. A.L. Tonnoir. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 101: 147-178 [171].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ ♂ adult, Nelson, New Zealand.
  Paratype(s) MONZ 4♂ 5♀ adults.

 

Generic Combinations

• Chodopsycha harrisi (Satchell, 1950).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread in the Pacific Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• New Zealand
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult commonly found breeding in cow dung, chicken manure or wet garden rubbish.

 

General References

Duckhouse, D.A. 1966. Psychodidae (Diptera, Nematocera) of southern Australia: subfamily Psychodinae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 118: 153-220 [195] (distribution)

Quate, L.W. 1961. Notes on Tokunaga's Japanese Species of Psychoda. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17: 437-438 [437] (extralimital synonymy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2011		29-Mar-2011	MOVED
02-May-2011		29-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)