Species Hellyethira simplex (Mosely, 1934)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Xuthotrichia simplex Mosely, M.E. 1934. New exotic Hydroptilidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 82: 137-163 [Date published June 1934] [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ (ex Tillyard coll.), Warwick, QLD.
• Hellyethira vallecula Neboiss, A. 1977. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study of Tasmanian caddis-flies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 38: 1-208 [Date published 4 Apr. 1977] [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-5033 ♂, Hellyer River Gorge, TAS.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♂ ♀.
• Hellyethira hiana Oláh, J. & Johanson, K.A. 2010. Description of 46 new Old World Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 71: 1-91 [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Queensland, Brisbane Forest Park, Northbrook Creek, downstream 3rd bridge on Northbrook Parkway from Cedar Flats, 174m [27°18.203'S, 152°41.380'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wells, A. 1979. A review of the Australian genera Xuthotrichia Mosely and Hellyethira Neboiss (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 311-329 [Date published 14 Apr. 1979] [315]
• Wells, A. 2012. New synonyms in the Australian micro-caddisfly fauna (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae). Zootaxa 3177: 66-68 [66]

Generic Combinations

• Hellyethira simplex (Mosely, 1934). —
  Wells, A. 1979. A review of the Australian genera Xuthotrichia Mosely and Hellyethira Neboiss (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 311-329 [Date published 14 Apr. 1979]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Slow flowing lotic waters, amongst filamentous green algae or on rocks.

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. 2003. New genera and species, and new records, of Tasmanian Trichoptera (Insecta). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 136: 43-82 [dated 2002] [53] (new record)

Wells, A. 1979. A review of the Australian genera Xuthotrichia Mosely and Hellyethira Neboiss (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 311-329 [Date published 14 Apr. 1979] (generic change)

Wells, A. 1985. Larvae and pupae of Australian Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera), with observations on general biology and relationships. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 113: 1-69 [Date published 31 Oct. 1985] (larva, pupa, case)

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