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Genus Eusthenia Gray, 1832

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Genus Eusthenia Gray, 1832

  • Eusthenia Gray, G. in Griffith, E., Pidgeon, E. & Gray, G. 1832. Supplement on the Neuroptera. pp. 303–352 in Baron Cuvier The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organisation. London : Whittaker, Treacher & Co. Vol. 15. [also recorded as Vol. 2 of the Class] [348] [in accordance with Zwick, P. 1979. Revision of the stonefly family Eustheniidae (Plecoptera) with emphasis on the fauna of the Australian region. Aquatic Insects 1: 17–50, this name is attributed to G.R. Gray, not to J.O. Westwood, who was acknowledged in the original description and clearly figured the insect].
    Type species:
     Eusthenia spectabilis Gray, 1832 by original designation.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Zwick, P. 1979. Revision of the stonefly family Eustheniidae (Plecoptera) with emphasis on the fauna of the Australian region. Aquatic Insects 1: 17-50.
  • Eustheniopsis Tillyard, R.J. 1921. Revision of the family Eustheniidae (Order Perlaria), with descriptions of new genera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46: 221-236 [228].
    Type species:
     Eustheniopsis venosa Tillyard, 1921 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Zwick, P. 1979. Revision of the stonefly family Eustheniidae (Plecoptera) with emphasis on the fauna of the Australian region. Aquatic Insects 1: 17-50 [35]

 

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

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal