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Species Thaumatoperla alpina Burns & Neboiss, 1957

Thaumatoperla alpina Burns, A.N. & Neboiss, A. 1957. Two new species of Plecoptera from Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 21: 91-100 [93].
Type data:
Holotype NMV T-429 ♀, Mt Fainter, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV T-430–1 2♀.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Bogong High Plains, Mt McKay, Falls Creek and Mt Fainter, all at high altitude in eastern VIC.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial.

Egg: aquatic.

Nymph: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults feed on Celmisia spp.

General References

Hynes, H.B.N. 1974. Observations on the adults and eggs of Australian Plecoptera. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 29: 37-52

Kapoor, N.N. & Zachariah, K. 1973. Abdominal gills in Eustheniidae (Plecoptera). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 2: 351-355

Kapoor, N.N. & Zachariah, K. 1978. The internal morphology of sensilla on the abdominal gills of Thaumatoperla alpina (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae: subfamily Thaumatoperlinae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 56: 2194-2197

Kapoor, N.N. & Zachariah, K. 1983. Ultrastructure of the sensilla of the stonefly nymph Thaumatoperla alpina Burns & Neboiss (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 12: 157-168

Kapoor, N.N. & Zachariah, K. 1984. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy of the development stage of the flower-shape sensillum of the stonefly nymph Thaumatoperla alpina Burns & Neboiss (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 13: 177-190

Neboiss, A. 1959. Further discoveries on Victorian Plecoptera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 24: 37-44

Sephton, D.H. & Hynes, H.B.N. 1983. Food and mouthpart morphology of the nymphs of several Australian Plecoptera. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34: 893-908

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-May-2011		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)