Species Dinotoperla eucumbene McLellan, 1971

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• Dinotoperla eucumbene McLellan, I.D. 1971. A revision of Australian Gripopterygidae (Insecta: Plecoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 2: 1-79 [49].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Eucumbene River, 1,200 m, NSW.
• Dinotoperla arenaria Hynes, H.B.N. 1974. Comments on the taxonomy of Australian Austroperlidae and Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 29: 1-36 [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-4555 ♂, Wilks Creek, near Marysville, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV T-4556–57 2♀.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Theischinger, G. 1982. New and little known dinotoperline stoneflies from Australia (Insecta: Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 489-525 [498]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Nymph: detritivore, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Medium swift, stony streams and rivers.

 

General References

Chessman, B.C. 1986. Dietary studies of aquatic insects from two Victorian rivers. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 129-146

Graesser, A. & Lake, P.S. 1984. Diel changes in the benthos of stones and of drift in a southern Australian upland stream. Hydrobiologia 111: 153-160

Hynes, H.B.N. 1974. Comments on the taxonomy of Australian Austroperlidae and Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 29: 1-36 (erroneously synonymised Dinotoperla eucumbene McLellan, 1971 with Dinotoperla hirsuta McLellan, 1971)

Lake, P.S., Doeg, T.J. & Morton, D.W. 1985. The macroinvertebrate community of stones in an Australian upland stream. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für Limnologie 22: 2141-2147

Lake, P.S. & Doeg, T.J. 1985. Macroinvertebrate colonization of stones in two upland southern Australian streams. Hydrobiologia 126: 199-211

Malipatil, M.B. & Blyth, J.D. 1982. A qualitative study of the macroinvertebrate fauna of the Thomson River and its major tributaries, Gippsland, Victoria. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 1-95 (sometimes as Dinotoperla arenaria )

Sephton, D.H. & Hynes, H.B.N. 1982. The numbers of nymphal instars of several Australian Plecoptera. Aquatic Insects 4: 153-166

Sephton, D.H. & Hynes, H.B.N. 1983. Food and mouthpart morphology of the nymphs of several Australian Plecoptera. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34: 893-908

Suter, P.J. & Williams, W.D. 1977. Effect of a total solar eclipse on stream drift. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 793-798

Yule, C. 1985. Comparative study of the life cycles of six species of Dinotoperla (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) in Victoria. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 717-735

Yule, C. 1986. A comparison of the dietary habits of six species of Dinotoperla (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) in Victoria, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 121-127

Yule, C. & Jardel, J.-P. 1985. Observations on the eggs of species of Dinotoperla (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae). Aquatic Insects 7: 77-85

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Jun-2017	GRIPOPTERYGIDAE	25-May-2017	MODIFIED
11-May-2011		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)