Species Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) pygmaea Theobald, 1901
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ adult (number of specimens not stated in original description), Burpengary (as Bupengary), QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult does not bite humans but evidently feeds on frogs and birds; adults collected in dry-ice baited and light traps in forest areas; larva found in semi-permanent, vegetated ground pools associated with margins of tea-tree swamps, freshwater sedge, marshes, ponds or creeklines and a weedy seepage pool on bank of a creek.
General References
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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20-Apr-2012 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |