Species Smicrophylax australis (Ulmer, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Smicridea australis Ulmer, G. 1908. Trichopteridae und Ephemeridae. pp. 25-46 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna von Südwest Australiens. Band 1 Lieferung 8. Jena : G. Fischer viii 488 pp. 1 pl. [35].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH ♂, Jarrahdale, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMH (lost?).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Neboiss, A. 1982. The caddis-flies (Trichoptera) of south-western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 271-325 [Date published 1 June 1982] [301].
• Smicridea parva Banks, N. 1939. Trichoptera. pp. 479-504 in Banks, N. New genera and species of neuropteroid insects. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 85: 439-504 [493].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Pemberton, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Neboiss, A. 1982. The caddis-flies (Trichoptera) of south-western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 271-325 [Date published 1 June 1982] [301]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: fixed retreat maker, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Net spinner.

 

General References

Dean, J.C. & Bunn, S.E. 1989. Larval descriptions of the Hydrobiosidae, Philopotamidae, Hydropsychidae and some Ecnomidae (Trichoptera) from south-western Australia, with notes on biology. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40: 631-643 [641] (description of larva, notes on biology)

Mosely, M.E. & Kimmins, D.E. 1953. The Trichoptera (Caddis-flies) of Australia and New Zealand. London : British Museum (Natural History) 550 pp. [Date published 6 Feb. 1953]

Neboiss, A. 1977. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study of Tasmanian caddis-flies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 38: 1-208 [Date published 4 Apr. 1977] (generic change to Smicrophylax)

Weidner, H. 1964. Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. Insecta VII. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 62: 55-100

 

History of changes

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