Species Simulium (Morops) torresianum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1955
- Simulium torresianum 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].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adults (small, clear creek), QLD: Badu Island, Torres Straits.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀ adults, larva and pupa.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
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 and pupa found on dead twigs in a small, clear, rather sluggish creek with a sandy bottom.
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 [45] (as Simulium (Morops) torresianum Mackerras & Mackerras, 1955)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Jun-2011 | 10-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |