Species Macrostemum saundersii (McLachlan, 1866)
- Macronema saundersii McLachlan, R. 1866. Descriptions of new or little-known genera and species of exotic Trichoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 5: 247-278 [Date published June 1866] [261].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (ex Saunders coll.), Misool, Irian Jaya (as Island of Mysol).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cape York Penninsula only.
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, fixed retreat maker.
General References
Flint, O.S. & Bueno-Soria, J. 1982. Studies of neotropical caddisflies, XXXII: The immature stages of Macronema variipenne Flint & Bueno, with the division of Macronema by the resurrection of Macrostemum (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95: 358-370 [Date published 11 Aug. 1982] (change of genus)
Neboiss, A. 1984. Review of taxonomic position of Australian and New Guinean species previously ascribed to Macronema (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 127-139 (species name emended, first record for Australia, distribution)
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. [227] (distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 11-Oct-2012 | 11-Oct-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 01-Nov-2011 | 29-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |