Species Simulium (Morops) lawnhillense Colbo, 1976

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• Simulium (Morops) lawnhillense Colbo, M.H. 1976. Four new species of Simulium Latreille (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 253-269 [264].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, QLD: George Creek, nr Lawn Hill.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 4♀ adults; ANIC 3 pupae 2 larvae; 3♂ 4♀ adults 1 pupa 2 larvae; QM ♂ ♀ adults.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Female takes blood meals from mammals, collected under an overhanging rock beside a fast-flowing section of stream.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Jun-2011		10-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)