Species Simulium (Morops) aureonigrum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1950

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva found attached to dead leaves and rocks in a thin layer of clear water coursing rapidly over and almost vertical face of rock; parasitized by Mermethid worms and a Microsporidian.

 

General References

Colbo, M.H. 1976. Four new species of Simulium Latreille (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 253-269 [253] (key, distribution)

Crosskey, R.W. 1967. The classification of Simulium Latreille (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Australia, New Guinea and the Western Pacific. Journal of Natural History 1: 23-51 [48] (as Simulium (Morops) aureonigrum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1950)

Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1955. Notes on Australasian Simuliidae (Diptera). IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 80: 105-112 [106] (distribution)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
10-Jun-2011 10-Jun-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)