Species Hellyethira vernoni Wells, 1983

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• Hellyethira vernoni Wells, A. 1983. New species in the Australian Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera), with observations on relationships and distributions. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 629-649 [Date published 7 Aug. 1983] [632].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-9238 ♂, Crystal Creek, near turnoff to Mt Spec, QLD.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♂ ♀.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks.

General References

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, case)

Wells, A. & Cartwright, D. 1993. Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Odonata of the Jardine River area, Cape York, northern Queensland. pp. 221-230 in Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. (ed.). Report of the Cape York Peninsula Scientific Expedition. Brisbane : Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. Vol. 1. [228] (distribution)

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