Species Hydroptila incertula Mosely, 1934

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• Hydroptila incertula 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.), Brisbane, QLD.

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), 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 and cobbles.

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]

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]

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 [269] (first record from New Guinea)

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)

Wells, A. 1991. The hydroptilid tribes Hydroptilini and Orthotrichiini in New Guinea (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae: Hydroptilinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 487-526 [501] (record from New Guinea)

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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