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Genus Acritoptila Wells, 1982

  • Acritoptila Wells, A. 1982. Tricholeiochiton Kloet & Hincks and new genera in the Australian Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 251-270 [Date published 1 June 1982] [262].
    Type species:
     Acritoptila globosa Wells, 1982 by original designation.

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal
  • New Caledonia

Distribution References

  • Kelley, R.W. 1989. New species of micro-caddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91(2): 190-202 [190] (six species)

General References

Kelley, R.W. 1989. New species of micro-caddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91(2): 190-202 (six New Caledonian species described)

Wells, A. 1985. Larvae and pupae of Australian Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera), with observations on general biology and relationships. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 113: 1-69 [Date published 31 Oct. 1985] (larvae, notes on biology)

Wells, A. 1987. On the biogeography of the Oxyethira group, tribe Hydroptilini (Hydroptilinae: Hydroptilidae: Trichoptera). pp. 133-138 in Bournaud, M. & Tachet, H. (eds). Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Trichoptera 1986. Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk 424 pp. (relationships)

Wells, A. 1990. New species and a new genus of microcaddisfly from northern Australia, including the first Australian record of the tribe Stactobiini (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 114: 107-128

Wells, A. 1995. New Caledonian Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera), with new records, descriptions of larvae and a new species. Aquatic Insects 17: 223-239 [234] (New Caledonian representation)

Wells, A. 1997. A Preliminary Guide to the Identification of Larval Hydroptilidae (Insecta: Trichoptera). Identification Guide No. 13. Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, Albury. 28 pp. (key, immatures)