Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Lepidurus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Species Lepidurus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Widespread, including Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Asia minor, Russia, Australia and New Zealand (Longhurst 1955); given that the forms in North America have been restudied and found to be distinct from L. apus (Rogers 2001), it is possible L. apus sensu stricta is not so widely distributed beyond Europe; Longhurst synonymised the Australia form L. viridus with L. apus and considered it the subspecies L. apus viridus; this has not been challenged, but given the North American experience, could be invalid.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), 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), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Monoculus apus apus Linneaus, C. (1758)

Monoculus apus Linneaus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii 10th Edn 823 pp. [634 (in part)].
Type data: type status unknown (no types are known).
Type locality: unknown, but would be in Europe.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
09-Aug-2012 09-Aug-2012 MODIFIED
18-Aug-2010 18-Aug-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)