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Species Mirawara aapta Harker, 1954

  • Mirawara aapta Harker, J.E. 1954. The Ephemeroptera of eastern Australia. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 105: 241-268 [261].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH imago, Murrumbidgee River, Adaminaby, NSW.
    Paratype(s) BMNH imago, 1 subimago.

 

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

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: lotic freshwater, predator.

 

General References

Campbell, I.C. 1985. Dietary habits of Australian siphlonurid and oligoneuriid ephemeropteran nymphs. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für Limnologie 22: 3250-3259

Campbell, I.C. 1986. Life histories of some Australian siphlonurid and oligoneurid mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 261-288