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Species Harpobittacus albatus Riek, 1954

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Species Harpobittacus albatus Riek, 1954

  • Harpobittacus tillyardi albatus Riek, E.F. 1954. The Australian Mecoptera or scorpion-flies. Australian Journal of Zoology 2: 143-168 [162].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♂, Rockhampton, QLD.
  • Harpobittacus limnaeus Smithers, C.N. 1973. New species and records of Australian Bittacidae (Mecoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 296-300 [297].
    Type data:
     Holotype AM ♂, Karuah, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Lambkin, K.J. 1994. Revision of the Australian scorpion-fly genus Harpobittacus (Mecoptera: Bittacidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 767-808 [776]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

 

General References

Lambkin, K.J. 1994. Revision of the Australian scorpion-fly genus Harpobittacus (Mecoptera: Bittacidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 767-808 [776] (raised Harpobittacus tillyardi albatus Riek, 1954 to species level)

Smithers, C.N. 1993. A note on the Megaloptera, Neuroptera and Mecoptera of Tuglo Wildlife Refuge, New South Wales. Australian Entomologist 20: 67-71 [Date published August 1993] [71] (biology (as H. limnaeus))