Species Conochironomus australiensis Cranston & Hare, 1995

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• Conochironomus australiensis Cranston, P.S. & Hare, L. 1995. Conochironomus Freeman: an Afro-Australian Chironomini genus revised (Diptera: Chironomidae). Systematic Entomology 20: 247-264 [260].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult (with associated larval and pupal stages), W arm of W Alligator River, Arnhem Highway Crossing, NT.
  Paratype(s) ZSM ♂ adult and pupal exuviae; ANIC 21♂ 5♀ adults 50 pupal exuviae and one larva.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva found in lentic and seasonally lotic habitats.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)