Species Leptoconops (Leptoconops) riverinaensis Smee, 1966

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• Leptoconops riverinaensis Smee, L. 1966. A revision of the subfamily Leptoconopinae Noè (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Australasia. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 993-1025 [1009].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, ACT: Black Mountain, Canberra.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 7♀ adults; USNM ♀ adults.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Bites humans.

 

General References

Wirth, W.W. & Atchley, W.R. 1973. A review of the North American Leptoconops (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Grad. Stud. Texas Tech. Univ. 5: 57 pp. [22] (as Leptoconops (Leptoconops) riverinaensis Smee, 1966)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)