Species Illiesoperla (Illiesoperla) mayi (Perkins, 1958)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trinotoperla mayi Perkins, F.A. 1958. Australian Plecoptera. Part 1. Genus Trinotoperla Tillyard. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology 1: 85-100 [94].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T-5678 ♀, Bunya Mtns, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM T-5679 ♂.
• Illiesoperla perkinsi McLellan, I.D. 1971. A revision of Australian Gripopterygidae (Insecta: Plecoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 2: 1-79 [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Ovens River, Harrietville, VIC.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Theischinger, G. 1984. The species of the genus Illiesoperla McLellan (Insecta: Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 573-602 [593]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Kangaroo Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Nymph: detritivore, herbivore, lotic freshwater.

Carnivorous.

Extra Ecological Information

Later instars carnivorous.

 

General References

Hynes, H.B.N. & Hynes, M.E. 1975. The life histories of many of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of south-eastern mainland Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 26: 113-154 (as Illiesoperla australis)

Suter, P.J. & Bishop, J.E. 1990. Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of South Australia. pp. 189-207 in Campbell, I.C. (ed.). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Proceedings of the 5th International Ephemeroptera Conference and the 9th International Plecoptera Conference. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic ix 366 pp. [202] (distribution)

Yule, C.M. 1990. The life cycle and dietary habits of Illiesoperla mayi Perkins (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) in Victoria, Australia. pp. 71-80 in Campbell, I.C. (ed.). Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Proceedings of the 5th International Ephemeroptera Conference and the 9th International Plecoptera Conference. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic ix 366 pp. (biology, life history in VIC)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-May-2011		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)