Species Helicopsyche ptychopteryx (Brauer, 1865)

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• Saetotricha ptychopteryx Brauer, F. 1865. Zweiter Bericht über die auf der Weltfahrt der kais. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Neuropteren. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 415-422 [416].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♀, Sydney, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: lotic freshwater, tube case maker.

Extra Ecological Information

Snail shell-shaped case of small sand grains.

General References

Brauer, F. 1866. Trichoptera. pp. 5–30 pls 1–2 in, Reise der Österreichischen, Fregatte Novara um die Erde. Zoologischer. Wien : Karl Gerold's Sohn Vol. 2(1). (expanded description)

Johanson, K.A. 1995. Eight new species and revised key to Australian Helicopsyche (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 26: 241-272 [272, figs 21A-H, 22E] (male and female diagnosed, distribution)

Neboiss, A. 1986. Identity of two caddis-fly species described by Brauer and Navás (Trichoptera). Aquatic Insects 8: 99-104 [Date published 1 Aug. 1986] (species identity established, distribution)

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