Species Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) eidolonus (Neboiss, 1994)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paranyctiophylax eidolonus 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 [198, figs 29-33].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-12298 ♂, N QLD, Upper Freshwater Creek, Whitfield Range nr Cairns [16°56'S 145°42'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV 17♂ 6♀ (also ANIC, QM; genitalia prep. PT-1996 figured), N QLD, Upper Freshwater Creek, Whitfield Range nr Cairns [16°56'S 145°42'E]; BPBM 40♂ 15♀ (also NMV, QM, RMNH; genitalia prep. PT-1996 figured), N QLD, Mossman Gorge, Daintree National Park; NMV 5♂, N QLD, Mulgrave River 8 km NW of Gordonvale; ANIC 2♂ 2♀ (also NMV), N QLD, Crystal Cascades nr Cairns.

Generic Combinations

• Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) eidolonus (Neboiss, 1994). —
  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 (subgeneric status of Paranyctiophylax accepted following Oláh & Johanson (2010))

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Adult: volant.

Larva: fixed retreat maker, lotic freshwater.

History of changes