Species Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) apicatus (Neboiss, 1994)

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• Paranyctiophylax apicatus Neboiss, A. 1994. A review of the genus Paranyctiophylax Tsuda from Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea and northern Australia (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 54: 191-205 [201].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-10134 ♂, N QLD, Cape York Peninsula, Middle Claudie River, Iron Range.
  Paratype(s) NMV 3♂ (genitalia pre. PT-1970), N QLD, Cape York Peninsula, Middle Claudie River, Iron Range; NMV 2♂, N QLD, Claudie River, 25 km NW of Lockhart River [12°44'S 143°16'E]; QM 2♂, QLD, Dulhunty River at Telegraph Crossing [11°50'S 142°30'E]; QM ♂, Tributary of Bertie Creek, 250 m SW Heathlands Homestead [11°45'S 142°35'E]; NMV ♂ (also QM), QLD, Cockatoo Creek, at Telegraph Crossing [11°39'S 142°27'E]; NMV ♂, QLD, Wenlock River, Telegraph crossing [12°28'S 142°38'E]; QM 4♂ (also RMNH), QLD, Canal Creek above Eliot Creek junction [12°23'S 142°25'E]; ANIC 2♂, QLD, Gunshot Creek Telegraph Crossing.

Generic Combinations

• Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) apicatus (Neboiss, 1994) [subgeneric status of Paranyctiophylax accepted following Oláh & Johanson (2010)]. —
  Oláh, J. & Johanson, K.A. 2010. Generic review of Polycentropodidae with description of 32 new species and 19 new species records from the Oriental, Australian and Afrotropical Biogeographical Regions. Zootaxa 2435: 1-63

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: fixed retreat maker, freshwater.

General References

Cartwright, David I. & Dostine, Peter 2022. Five new species and new records of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Australia’s ‘Top End’. Zootaxa 5138(3): 283–304 [Date published 18 May 2022] [301] (new records from northern NT)

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