Species Telmatogeton australicus Womersley, 1936
- Telmatogeton australicus Womersley, H. 1936. An interesting chironomid Telmatogeton australicus sp. n. from a South Australian reef. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 439-443 [441].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ adult, Sellick's Beach, SA.
Paratype(s) SAMA ♂ ♀ adults (number unknown).
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Observed swarming in the evening and associated with Clunio martini Hashimoto, 1973.
General References
Hashimoto, H. 1973. Marine chironomids from Australia, with description of a new species of the genus Clunio (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Shizuoka University (Natural Sciences) 24: 1-17 [6] (distribution, taxonomy)
History of changes
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| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |