Species Perissomma mcalpinei Colless, 1962

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• Perissomma mcalpinei Colless, D.H. 1962. A new Australian genus and family of Diptera (Nematocera: Perissommatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 519-535 [528].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K68250 ♀ adult (29.vi.1957), Mount Wilson, Blue Mountains, NSW [33° 30' 4" S 150° 23' 41" E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: leaf litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Sylvan.

 

General References

Colless, D.H. 1969. The genus Perissomma (Diptera: Perissommatidae), with new species from Australia and Chile. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 719-778 [723] (biology, taxonomy, distribution)

Ferguson, D.J. 2007. Field observations of Perissomma mcalpinie Colless (Diptera: Perissommatidae). Australian Entomologist 34(3): 93-96

McAlpine, D.K. 1987. Note on aerial swarming of Perissomma (Diptera: Perissommatidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 14: 29-30 [29] (observations)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-May-2011		29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)