Species Tasmanoperla larvalis (Illies, 1969)

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Regional Maps

• Pseudopentura larvalis Illies, J. 1969. Revision der Plecopterenfamilie Austroperlidae. Entomologisk Tidskrift 90: 19-51 [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype nymph (only nymph described), spring stream on rockwall, 40 miles E of Queenstown, TAS.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Nymph: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph inhabits stony lakeshores.

 

General References

Hynes, H.B.N. 1976. Tasmanian Antarctoperlaria (Plecoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 24: 115-143 (descriptions of adult male and female)

Swain, R., Allbrook, P. & Lake, P.S. 1977. The aquatic invertebrate fauna of western Tasmania. pp. 81-100 in Kirkpatrick, J. & Banks, M. (eds). Landscape and Man. Hobart : Royal Society of Tasmania.

Waterhouse, J.H. & Jablonski, W. 1980. Scanning electron microscopy of the sensilla on the anal gills of Tasmanoperla spp. (Plecoptera: Austroperlidae). Micron 11: 417-418

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-May-2011		11-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)