Species Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) aequalis (Skuse, 1889)

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• Ceratopogon aequalis 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 [294].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, NSW: Hexham Swamps, near Newcastle.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Debenham, M.L. & Wirth, W.W. 1984. Australian and New Guinea species of the Forcipomyia subgenus Euprojoannisia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 851-889 [867].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

General References

Debenham, M.L. & Wirth, W.W. 1984. Australian and New Guinea species of the Forcipomyia subgenus Euprojoannisia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 851-889 [866] (as Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) aequalis (Skuse, 1889))

Kieffer, J.J. 1906. Diptera. Fam. Chironomidae. Genera Insectorum 42: 1-78 [52] (as Ceratopogon (Forcipomyia) aequalis Kieffer, 1906)

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