Species Paradasyhelea minuta Wirth & Lee, 1959
- Paradasyhelea minuta Wirth, W.W. & Lee, D.J. 1959. The genus Paradasyhelea Macfie, with descriptions of two new species from eastern Australia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 54: 114-321 [118].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Hornsby, NSW.
Paratype(s) 11♀ 30♂ adults (ANIC/BMNH/USNM/QIMR/BPBM).
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.
Extra Ecological Information
Larva collected in a small valley drainage channel and muddy lake margin, pupa collected from loamy and sandy creek margins, a bog and wet moss on rocks.
General References
Debenham, M.L. 1979. An Annotated Checklist and Bibliography of Australasian Region Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera). Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service, Monograph 1 xiv 671 pp. [178] (literature, distribution, biology)
Elson-Harris, M.M. & Kettle, D.S. 1985. A new species of Paradasyhelea Macfie (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), with descriptions and keys to the immature stages of Australian Paradasyhelea. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24: 233-240 [239] (in key to Australian species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 30-Mar-2012 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |