Species Riekoperla trapeza Theischinger, 1985

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• Riekoperla trapeza Theischinger, G. 1985. The species of the Australian stonefly genus Riekoperla McLellan (Insecta: Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 785-830 [794].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-8130 ♂, small stream near top of Mt McKay, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV T-8270 ♀.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Nymph: lotic freshwater.

Alpine.

 

General References

Hynes, H.B.N. 1974. Comments on the taxonomy of Australian Austroperlidae and Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 29: 1-36 (as Riekoperla reticulata (Kimmins, 1951), in part)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-May-2011		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)