Diplectrona castanea Kimmins, 1953:342
Mount Field caddisfly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Diplectrona lyella Neboiss, 1977:72; Diplectrona lyelli Neboiss, 1977:72 [orth. error used by New, 2020]
D. lyella was synonymised under D. castanea by Neboiss (2003).
Conservation Status
Globally Rediscovered (taxonomically) (Neboiss, 2003; Threatened Species Unit, 2005)
Last record: 26 December 1936 (Neboiss, 2003:70; Wells & Neboiss, 2018:7) or later
Taxonomically rediscovered in: 2002/03 (Neboiss, 2003; Threatened Species Unit, 2005)
Previously listed as Extinct by the Tasmanian Government (Bryant & Jackson, 1999:344; Threatened Species Unit, 2005).
Distribution & Habitat
Mt Field National Park area, Tasmania, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
8 specimens are in the Museum Victoria arthropod collection:
TRI 15004 (collected 3/11/1998)
TRI 15005 (collected 3/11/1998)
TRI 15005 1 (genitalia preparation) (collected 3 11 1998)
TRI 15006 (collected 13/12/1974)
TRI 15006 1 (genitalia preparation) (collected 13/12/1974)
TRI 15007 (collected 2/12/1998)
TRI 15007 1 (genitalia preparation) (collected 2/12/1998)
TRI 15008 (collected 7/2/1983)
TRI 15008 1 (genitalia preparation) (collected 7/2/1983)
TRI 15009 (collected 9/12/1974)
TRI 15009 1 (genitalia preparation) (collected 9/12/1974)
TRI 15010 (collected 31/10/1976)
TRI 15011 (collected 29/1/1988)
Source: https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/search
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mosely, M. E. and Kimmins, D. E. (1953). The Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of Australia and New Zealand. London: British Museum (Natural History). 550 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118696
Other references:
Bryant, Sally L. and Jackson, Jean. (1999). Tasmania's Threatened Fauna Handbook: What, Where and How to Protect Tasmania's Threatened Animals. Threatened Species Unit, Parks and Wildlife Service, Hobart. [pp. 344-348]
Jackson, Jean. (2000). Threatened Trichoptera (caddisflies) from the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 134: 55-61.
Neboiss, Arturs. (1977). A taxonomic and zoogeographic study of Tasmanian caddis flies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 38: 1-208, pls. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1977.38.01
Neboiss, Arturs. (2003 "2002"). New genera and species, and new records, of Tasmanian Trichoptera (Insecta). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 136: 43-82. https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.136.43 [see Wells & Neboiss, 2018:7 for date of this publication]
New, Tim R. (2020). Insects of Australia’s Inland Waters, pp. 173-210. In: Insect conservation and Australia’s Inland Waters. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57008-8_8
Threatened Species Unit. (2005). Listing Statement: Caddis-flies, Trichoptera. Nature Conservation Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmania.
Wells, Alice and Neboiss, Arturs. (2018). Australian Diplectroninae reviewed (Insecta: Trichoptera), with description of 21 new species, most referred to a new genus. Zootaxa 4415(1): 1-44. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.1
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