Species Diplectrona spinata (Banks, 1939)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sciops spinata Banks, N. 1939. Trichoptera. pp. 479-504 in Banks, N. New genera and species of neuropteroid insects. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 85: 439-504 [493].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (ex MCZ 22088), National Park, McPherson's Range, 3–4,000 ft, QLD.
• Diplectrona bourina 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] [345].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Tamborine Mtn, QLD.
• Diplectrona cognata 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] [347].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Wentworth Falls, NSW.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ (McLachlan coll.).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Neboiss, A. 1986. Taxonomic changes in Caddis-fly species from the South-West Pacific-Australian region with descriptions of new species (Insecta: Trichoptera). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 47: 213-223 [30 May 1986] [218]
• Wells, A. & Neboiss, A. 2018. Australian Diplectroninae reviewed (Insecta: Trichoptera), with description of 21 new species, most referred to a new genus. Zootaxa 4415(1): 1–44 [10] (for Diplectrona cognata)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

SE QLD.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: aquatic, fixed retreat maker.

 

General References

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]

Neboiss, A. 1986. Atlas of Trichoptera of the SW Pacific — Australian Region. (Series Entomologica Vol. 37). Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk 286 pp.

Wells, A. & Neboiss, A. 2018. Australian Diplectroninae reviewed (Insecta: Trichoptera), with description of 21 new species, most referred to a new genus. Zootaxa 4415(1): 1–44 [10] (revised diagnosis and description)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-May-2018	TRICHOPTERA	30-Apr-2018	MODIFIED
11-Oct-2012		11-Oct-2012	MODIFIED
01-Nov-2011		29-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)