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Genus Agapetus Curtis, 1834

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Genus Agapetus Curtis, 1834

  • Agapetus Curtis, J. 1834. Descriptions of some nondescript British species of May-flies of anglers. Philosophical Magazine London 4: 217-218 [217].
    Type species:
     Agapetus fuscipes Curtis, 1834 by subsequent designation, see Westwood, J.O. 1840. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects, founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. Synopsis of the genera of British insects. London : Longman Vol. 2(9–15) xi 587 pp.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Schmid, F. 1959. Trichoptères du Pakistan, 2me partie. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 102: 231-253 [Date published 10 Dec. 1959] [245].

 

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

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

  • Ross, H.H. 1956. Evolution and Classification of the Mountain Caddisflies. Urbana : Univ. Illinois Press 213 pp. [142]

General References

Marchant, R. & Hehir, G. 1999. Growth, production and mortality of two species of Agapetus (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae) in the Acheron River, SE Australia. Freshwater Biology 42: 655-672 (ecology)

Wells, A. 2010. Australian species of the genus Agapetus (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae), with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa 2420: 1-25