Species Oxyethira (Trichoglene) columba (Neboiss, 1977)

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Regional Maps

• Trichoglene columba Neboiss, A. 1977. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study of Tasmanian caddis-flies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 38: 1-208 [Date published 4 Apr. 1977] [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-5042 ♂, Dove River, Cradle Mtn National Park, TAS.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♂ ♀.
• Oxyethira (Trichoglene) elora Oláh, J. & Johanson, K.A. 2010. Description of 46 new Old World Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 71: 1-91 [32].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Tasmania, Swansea, Meredith River, under bridge on A3, 15m [42°06.945'S, 148°03.507'E].
  Paratype(s) SSMNH ♂, Tasmania, Lake St Clare NP, Derwent River, 2km downstream Lake St Clare, 740m [42°07.768'S, 146°13.224'E]; SSMNH 2 ♂, Tasmania, Swansea, Meredith River, under bridge on A3, 15m [42°06.945'S, 148°03.507'E]; HNHM ♂, Tasmania, Swansea, Meredith River, under bridge on A3, 15m [42°06.945'S, 148°03.507'E]; SSMNH 2 ♂, Queensland, Brisbane Forest Park, Northbrook Creek, upstream 4th bridge on Northborook Parkway from Cedar Flats, 169m [27°18.223'S, 152°41.501'E]; SSMNH ♂, Queensland, Carnarvon Gorge NP, 300m upstream crossing near Visitor Centre, 398m [25°03.588'S, 148°13.773'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wells, A. 2012. New synonyms in the Australian micro-caddisfly fauna (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae). Zootaxa 3177: 66-68 [67]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

On undersurfaces of rocks and cobbles, among filamentous green algae.

General References

Kelley, R.W. 1984. Phylogeny, morphology and classification of the micro-caddisfly genus Oxyethira Eaton (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 110: 435-463 [Date published 23 Nov. 1984] (subgeneric placement)

Neboiss, A. 2003. New genera and species, and new records, of Tasmanian Trichoptera (Insecta). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 136: 43-82 [dated 2002] [54] (new record)

Wells, A. 1981. The genera Oxyethira Eaton, Gnathotrichia Ulmer and Stenoxyethira Kimmins (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 103-118 [Date published 2 Mar. 1981] (change of genus, expansion of distribution, redescription)

Wells, A. 1985. Larvae and pupae of Australian Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera), with observations on general biology and relationships. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 113: 1-69 [Date published 31 Oct. 1985] (larva, pupa, case)

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