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Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) parvus Mosely 1953

  • 1. 13 Brolga Crescent, Wandana Heights, Vic 3216, Australia.
  • 2. Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, PO Box 496, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia.

Description

Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) parvus Mosely 1953

Nyctiophylax parvus Mosely 1953 (in Mosely & Kimmins 1953); 357, fig. 246.

Paranyctiophylax parvus Mosely; Neboiss 1993: 108; 1994: 196, figs 16–19.

Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) parvus Mosely; listed in the N. (P.) flavus Species Group by Oláh & Johanson (2010b).

Material examined. Northern Territory. 6 males, Roper R., McMinn Stn, 19 May 2015, P. Dostine; 4 males, same loc. and coll., 14 Sep 2015; 16 male, same loc. and coll., 13 Oct 2015; 19 males, same loc. and coll., 10 Nov 2015; 4 males, Petherick’s Ck, 6 Jun 2015, P. Dostine; 2 males, Bamboo Ck, 26 May 2019, P. Dostine; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 20–21 Aug 2020; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 17–18 Sep 2020; 1 male, Sandy Ck, 17–18 Sep 2020, P. Dostine (all FFD).

Remarks. Nyctiophylax parvus has previously been recorded from many localities on Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, and three localities in the NT (Neboiss 1994) It is recorded from a further four sites in the NT.

Notes

Published as part of Cartwright, David I. & Dostine, Peter, 2022, Five new species and new records of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Australia's ' Top End', pp. 283-304 in Zootaxa 5138 (3) on page 301, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/6559737

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FFD , R
Event date
2015-05-19
Verbatim event date
2015-05-19
Scientific name authorship
Mosely
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Polycentropodidae
Genus
Nyctiophylax
Species
parvus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) parvus Mosely, 1953 sec. Cartwright & Dostine, 2022

References

  • Mosely, M. E. & Kimmins, D. E. (1953) The Trichoptera of Australia and New Zealand. British Museum (Natural History), London, 550 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 118696
  • Neboiss, A. (1993) Revised definitions of the genera Nyctiophylax Brauer and Paranyctiophylax Tsuda (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae). In: Otto, C. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7 th International Symposium on Trichoptera, Umea, Sweden, 3 - 8 August 1992. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 139 - 148.
  • Neboiss, A. (1994) A review of the genus Paranyctiophylax Tsuda from Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea and northern Australia (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria, 54, 191 - 205. https: // doi. org / 10.24199 / j. mmv. 1994.54.09
  • Olah, J. & Johanson, K. A. (2010 b) Fifteen new Trichoptera species from Sumatra, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 2618 (1), 1 - 35. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2618.1.1