Species Tanytarsus fuscithorax Skuse, 1889
- Tanytarsus fuscithorax Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part VI.—The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 215-311 [272].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, Narrabeen Lagoon, near Manly, NSW.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread Australia; new records added to d/b 2004 — WA: 2 males, 3 miles SW of Karridale, 3.x.1970, (D.H. Colless) (ANIC); 1 male, 27 miles N of Bunbury (coast road), 1.x.1970; 1 reared male, 1 reared female larva, Port Hedland, Mallina Station, Boulder Windmill pool, 6.xi.1982, (D.H. Edward) (UWA); 1 reared male, 1 reared female pupa, Araluen, Canning River, 22.v.1987, (D.H. Edward) (UWA); 1 male, 8 km S of Coorow Billabong, unnamed pool, 29°56.58´ 116°04.03´E, 17.vi.1992, (P.S. Cranston) (ANIC); 4 pex, Fitzgerald River National Park, Hamersley River, 33°54´S 119°52´E, 19.xi.1990, (P.S. Cranston) (ANIC); 5 pex, Fitzgerald River National Park, 12 km S of Hwy, granite pool, 33°46´S 119°43´E, 19.xi.1990, (P.S. Cranston) (ANIC). Qld: 2 males, near Nambour, Woombye, 11-16.x.1965, (D.H. Colless) (ANIC). NSW: 1 male, Clyde Mtn, Cabbage Tree Creek, 5.v.1965; 1 reared female pupa, Albury-Wodonga, Middle Creek, Streets Road, 15.i.1990, (R. Cook) (ANIC); 1 reared female pupa, 1 reared female larva, as previous but collected 5.ii.1990; 3 males, Gulpa Island S.F., summer bong, 35°46´S 144°57´E, 27.i.1994-8.ii.1994, (D. Neilsen) (ANIC). NT: 1 reared female pupa, McDonnel River, Hugh River, Birthday Gap, 23°43.37´S 133°20.33´E, 7.iii.1995, (P.S. Cranston) (ANIC); 5 pex, W. McDonnel Range, Serpentine Gorge, 23°41´S 133°43´E, 27.v.1992, (P.S. Cranston) (ANIC); 6 pex, Palm Valley, Kanara Creek, 'The Oasis', 24°04´S 132°43´E, 29.v.1992, (P.S. Cranston) (ANIC); 3 pex, Finke River National Park, Boggy Hole, 24°08.42´S 132°52.53´E, 15.iii.1995, (P.S. Cranston) (ANIC).
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
General References
Freeman, P. 1961. The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 611-737 [723] (taxonomy)
Glover, B. 1973. The Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 23: 403-478 [445] (taxonomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |