Species Riekoperla tuberculata McLellan, 1971
- Riekoperla tuberculata McLellan, I.D. 1971. A revision of Australian Gripopterygidae (Insecta: Plecoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 2: 1-79 [40].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Buffalo River, by Dandongadale, VIC.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, 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 South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
Nymph: detritivore, herbivore, lotic freshwater.
Extra Ecological Information
Warm, lowland streams and rivers to high altitude forest streams, asociated with clean stony substrata.
General References
Chessman, B.C. 1986. Dietary studies of aquatic insects from two Victorian rivers. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 129-146
Graesser, A. & Lake, P.S. 1984. Diel changes in the benthos of stones and of drift in a southern Australian upland stream. Hydrobiologia 111: 153-160
Lake, P.S., Doeg, T.J. & Morton, D.W. 1985. The macroinvertebrate community of stones in an Australian upland stream. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für Limnologie 22: 2141-2147
Malipatil, M.B. & Blyth, J.D. 1982. A qualitative study of the macroinvertebrate fauna of the Thomson River and its major tributaries, Gippsland, Victoria. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 1-95
Suter, P.J. & Williams, W.D. 1977. Effect of a total solar eclipse on stream drift. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 793-798
History of changes
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |