Species Simulium (Morops) mackerrasorum Colbo, 1976

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• Simulium (Morops) mackerrasorum Colbo, M.H. 1976. Four new species of Simulium Latreille (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 253-269 [261].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, QLD: Shelfa Crossing, Mitchell River Mission.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 8♀ adults and 2 pupae; 3♂ 4♀; QM 2♂ 2♀ adults.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Female take blood meals from mammalss.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Jun-2011		10-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		07-Jun-2011	MODIFIED