Species Riethia cinctipes Freeman, 1961

Museums

Regional Maps

• Riethia cinctipes Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [679].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂ adult, Hartley's Creek, near Cairns, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ 2♂ adults.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Riethia "Brisbane" Cranston, 1996. —
  Cranston, P.S. 1996. Identification Guide to the Chironomidae of New South Wales. AWT Identification Guide Number 1. West Ryde, NSW : Australian Water Technologies Pty Ltd.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

Diagnosis References

Cranston, P. 2019. Riethia (Kieffer 1917) (Diptera: Chironomidae) revised for the Austro-Pacific region. Zootaxa 4646(3): 461-500 [467] (redescription)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Feb-2020	CHIRONOMIDAE Newman, 1834	10-Feb-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson (AM)
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)