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Species Harpobittacus rubricatus Riek, 1954

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Species Harpobittacus rubricatus Riek, 1954

  • Harpobittacus tillyardi rubricatus Riek, E.F. 1954. The Australian Mecoptera or scorpion-flies. Australian Journal of Zoology 2: 143-168 [160].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♂, Trangie, NSW.

 

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, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin
    • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
    • 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 (adult habitat)

Smithers, C.N. 1973. New species and records of Australian Bittacidae (Mecoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 296-300 [297] (as Harpobittacus rubricatus Riek, 1954)