Taskiropsyche lacustris Neboiss, 1977:82
Lake Pedder caddisfly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Globally Rediscovered (Jackson, 1999)
Last (and only) record: 1 February 1965 (Neboiss, 2003:76)
Rediscovered on: 14 January 1999 by Dr. Jean Jackson and Brett Mawbey (Jackson, 1999 [as January 1999], 2000; Neboiss, 2003:76)
After the male holotype was collected on 1 February 1965 (Neboiss, 1977), the species was not re-found (Chilcott, 1988; Neboiss et al., 1989) until November 1998 (Jackson, 1999, 2000; Neboiss, 2003:76).
Distribution & Habitat
Lake Pedder, Tasmania, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
The original Lake Pedder. Photo courtesy of © Elspeth Vaughan.
References
Original scientific description:
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
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]
Chilcott, S. (1988). Examination of the status of endangered species of Trichoptera (caddis-flies) in the Lake Pedder area. In: Fulton, W. (ed.). Further collections of freshwater fauna from the World Heritage Area, Tasmania. Inland Fisheries Commission Occasional Report 88-03.
Invertebrate Advisory Committee. (1994). Interim List of Native Invertebrates Which are Rare or Threatened in Tasmania. Hobart: Parks and Wildlife Service.
Jackson, Jean. (1999). Rediscovery of McCubbin's and Lake Pedder caddisflies. Invertebrata 14: 3.
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.
Mosley, J. G. (1969). Conserving the Southwest Tasmanian Wilderness. Australian Natural History 16(5): 145-150.
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
Neboiss, Arturs, Jackson, J. and Walker, K. (1989). Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of the World Heritage Area in Tasmania – species composition and distribution. Occasional Papers from the Museum of Victoria 4: 1-41.
Threatened Species Unit. (2005a). Listing Statement Lake Pedder Caddis-fly Taskiropsyche lacustris and McCubbins Caddis-fly Taskiria mccubbini. Nature Conservation Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmania.
Threatened Species Unit. (2005b). Listing Statement: Caddis-flies, Trichoptera. Nature Conservation Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmania.
Acknowledgements
My sincere thanks go to Elspeth Vaughan for her permission to reproduce her photograph of the original Lake Pedder. Thanks are also due to Peter Fagan and Melva Truchanas who, together, put me in touch with Elspeth Vaughan.
For more information on the fight to resurrect the original Lake Pedder, you can visit the Lake Pedder Restoration Committee's website: https://lakepedder.org/