• Leptocerus Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology. pp. 57-172 in Brewster (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Edinburgh : William Blackburn Vol. 9(1) 764 pp. [reprint 1830] [136].

  Type species:

   Phryganea interrupta Fabricius, 1775 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Fischer, F.C.J. 1966. Trichopterorum Catalogus. Amsterdam : Nederlandsche Entomologische Vereeniging Vol. 7 163 pp. [10].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Neboiss, A. 2003. New genera and species, and new records, of Tasmanian Trichoptera (Insecta). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 136: 43-82 [dated 2002] [80] (new record)

Schmid, F. 1988. Considérations diverses sur quelques genres leptocérins (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique suppl. entomol. 57: 1-147, 29 pls [dated 1987] [126] (Australian species in atsou group)

St Clair, R.M. 1994. Some larval Leptoceridae (Trichoptera) from Southeastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 171-226 [217]

History of changes

• Setodes assimulans Ulmer, G. 1916. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. Trichoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 10: 1-23 [Date published 7 July 1916] [20].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM ♂, Cedar Creek, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: tube case maker.

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] (distribution)

Neboiss, A. 1986. Atlas of Trichoptera of the SW Pacific — Australian Region. (Series Entomologica Vol. 37). Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk 286 pp. (new illustrations)

Schmid, F. 1988. Considérations diverses sur quelques genres leptocérins (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique suppl. entomol. 57: 1-147, 29 pls [dated 1987] [127] (in assimilans group)

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)

History of changes

• Leptocerus atsou Schmid, F. 1988. Considérations diverses sur quelques genres leptocérins (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique suppl. entomol. 57: 1-147, 29 pls [dated 1987] [126] [species name first mentioned by Neboiss, A. 1986. Atlas of Trichoptera of the SW Pacific — Australian Region. (Series Entomologica Vol. 37). Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk 286 pp. (255) in a figure given to Neboiss by Schmid; subsequently described and made available by Schmid, 1988].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-8106 ♂, Upper Ross River, below weir, SW of Townsville, QLD.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♂ ♀; CNCI ♂ ♀; USNM ♂ ♀.

  Secondary source:

   Neboiss, A. 1986. Atlas of Trichoptera of the SW Pacific — Australian Region. (Series Entomologica Vol. 37). Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk 286 pp.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, tube case maker.

General References

Schmid, F. 1988. Considérations diverses sur quelques genres leptocérins (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique suppl. entomol. 57: 1-147, 29 pls [dated 1987] [126] (in atsou group)

History of changes

• Leptocerus ousta Schmid, F. 1988. Considérations diverses sur quelques genres leptocérins (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique suppl. entomol. 57: 1-147, 29 pls [dated 1987] [126] [species name first mentioned by Neboiss, A. 1986. Atlas of Trichoptera of the SW Pacific — Australian Region. (Series Entomologica Vol. 37). Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk 286 pp. (255) in a figure given to Neboiss by Schmid; subsequently described and made available by Schmid, 1988].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-8104 ♂, Middle Claudie River, Iron Range, QLD.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♂; CNCI ♂.

  Secondary source:

   Neboiss, A. 1986. Atlas of Trichoptera of the SW Pacific — Australian Region. (Series Entomologica Vol. 37). Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk 286 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York Penninsula.

IBRA

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: aquatic, tube case maker.

General References

Schmid, F. 1988. Considérations diverses sur quelques genres leptocérins (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique suppl. entomol. 57: 1-147, 29 pls [dated 1987] [126] (in atsou group)

History of changes

• Leptocerus souta 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] [278].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ (ex MacLachan coll.), SA.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ (ex Tillyard coll.).

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: aquatic, tube case maker.

General References

Neboiss, A. 1986. Atlas of Trichoptera of the SW Pacific — Australian Region. (Series Entomologica Vol. 37). Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk 286 pp.

Neboiss, A. 2003. New genera and species, and new records, of Tasmanian Trichoptera (Insecta). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 136: 43-82 [dated 2002] [80] (new record)

Schmid, F. 1988. Considérations diverses sur quelques genres leptocérins (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique suppl. entomol. 57: 1-147, 29 pls [dated 1987] [126] (in atsou group)

History of changes