Species Limnophyes vestitus (Skuse, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Camptocladius vestitus Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI.—The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 215-311 [263].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult, Elizabeth Bay, near Sydney, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [656].

 

Generic Combinations

• Limnophyes vestitus (Skuse, 1889). —
  Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [656]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Parthenogenetic.

 

General References

Edwards, D.H.D. & Colless, D.H. 1968. Some Australian parthenogenetic Chironomidae (Diptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 158-162 [158] (taxonomy, biology)

Forsyth, D.J. 1971. Some New Zealand Chironomidae (Diptera). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1: 113-144 [121] (New Zealand record)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)