Species Hydroptila explicata Wells, 1984

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• Hydroptila explicata Wells, A. 1984. Hydroptila Dalman and Orthotrichia Eaton (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from the islands of New Guinea and New Britain. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 261-282 [264].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM, SE New Guinea, Kokoda, alt. 400 m.
• Hydroptila obscura Wells, A. 1979. A review of the Australian species of Hydroptila Dalman (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 745-762 [Date published 24 Jan. 1979: dated 1978] [758] [junior homonym; of Hydroptila obscura Kolenati, 1848].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Palmer River, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wells, A. 1990. The microcaddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) of North Sulawesi. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 363-406 [382]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: lotic freshwater, purse case maker.

Extra Ecological Information

On rocks and cobbles amongst filamentous algae.

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, pupa, case)

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