Species Riethia plumosa Freeman, 1961

Museums

Regional Maps

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

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Harz Mountains, TAS.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 14 adults; BMNH 5 adults.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

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 [483] (redescription)

 

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)