Species Tanytarsus barbitarsis Freeman, 1961

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tanytarsus (Tanytarsus) barbitarsis Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [722].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂ adult, Bremer Bay, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 37 adults; BMNH 15 adults.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tanytarsus barbitarsis (Freeman, 1961).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New records added 2004 — WA: 2 miles south of Dampier, 1 male, Nedlands, light trap, xii.1960, (M. Wallace) (ANIC); 1 reared male larva, Rottnest Island, Salmon Swamp, 3.ix.1970, (D.H. Edward) (UWA); 1 reared male larva,1 reared female pupae, 2 pex, 3 larvae, Rottnest Island, Lake Bagdad, 25.ix.1978, (D.H. Edward) (UWA).

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Athallassic.

Extra Ecological Information

Commonly occurs in saline habitats.

 

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)