Species Polypedilum (Polypedilum) seorsum (Skuse, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chironomus seorsus Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI.—The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 215-311 [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult, Lawson, NSW.
• Chironomus orarius Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI.—The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 215-311 [242].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, Middle Harbour, near Sydney, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♀ adult (number of specimens in type series not stated in original description).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [712].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [712]

 

Generic Combinations

• Polypedilum (Polypedilum) seorsus (Skuse, 1889). —
  Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [712]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Qld: Lake Euramoo

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Pupa: lake, lentic freshwater.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)