Species Archichauliodes (Archichauliodes) anagaurus Riek, 1954

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• Archichauliodes anagaurus Riek, E.F. 1954. The Australian Megaloptera or alder-flies. Australian Journal of Zoology 2: 131-142 pl. 1 [May 1954] [136].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 3♂, ♀; AM 6♀.
• Archichauliodes australica Kimmins, D.E. 1954. A new genus and some new species of the Chauliodini (Megaloptera), with notes on certain previously described species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 3: 417-444 [Nov. 1954] [424] [Kimmins, D.E. 1970. A list of the type-specimens of Plecoptera and Megaloptera in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 24: 335–361 points out that in the published data on the holotype the sex is incorrectly given as female].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Upper Murrumbidgee River, Rule's Point, 4,450 ft, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Kimmins, D.E. 1970. A list of the type-specimens of Plecoptera and Megaloptera in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 24: 335-361.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Theischinger, G. 1983. The adults of the Australian Megaloptera. Aquatic Insects 5: 77-98 [82]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin, NSW, VIC; only published localities Mt Kosciusko region, Murrumbidgee River, Big River, Kiandra to Moe.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Alpine streams.

History of changes