Species Leptoperla varia Kimmins, 1951

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• Leptoperla varia Kimmins, D.E. 1951. A revision of the Australian and Tasmanian Gripopterygidae and Nemouridae (Plecoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 2: 45-93 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Lake St Clair, TAS.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Nymph: lotic freshwater.

 

General References

Coleman, D. 1978. Downstream Effects of the Gordon Dam. Lower Gordon River Scientific Survey Publication No. 10. Hobart : Hydro Electric Commission 47 pp. & appendices.

Norris, R.H., Lake, P.S. & Swain, R. 1982. Ecological effects of mine effluents on the South Esk River, north-eastern Tasmania. III Benthic macroinvertebrates. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33: 789-809

Richardson, A.M.M. & Swain, R. 1978. Freshwater Invertebrates. Lower Gordon River Scientific Survey Publication No. 6. Hobart : Hydro Electric Commission 70 pp.

Swain, R., Allbrook, P. & Lake, P.S. 1977. The aquatic invertebrate fauna of western Tasmania. pp. 81-100 in Kirkpatrick, J. & Banks, M. (eds). Landscape and Man. Hobart : Royal Society of Tasmania.

 

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)