Species Helicopsyche alicae Johanson, 1995

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helicopsyche alicae Johanson, K.A. 1995. Eight new species and revised key to Australian Helicopsyche (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 26: 241-272 [260, figs 13A-I, 14A-D, 22C].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM ♂, NT, Kakadu National Park, Magela Creek, OSS Site/009.
  Paratype(s) NTM 2♂, NT, Kakadu National Park, Magela Creek, OSS Site/009; NTM 7♂ ♀, NT, Kakadu National Park, Upper Magela Creek; NTM 28♂ 4♀, NT, Kakadu National Park, Little Baroalba Creek; NTM 4♂ 11♀, NT, Kakadu National Park, Baroalba Springs; NTM 6♂ 5♀, NT, Litchfield National Park, Walker Creek; NTM ♂, WA, Barnett River Gorge, Barnett Station, Kimberley; NTM 2♂, WA, Kimberley, Mt Barnoff Station, Manning Gorge [16°39.27'S 125°55.41'E]; NTM ♂, WA, Kimberleys, King Edward River [14°52.57'S 126°12.08'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, tube case maker.

Extra Ecological Information

Snail shell-shaped case of small sand grains.

History of changes