Genus Australopelopia Cranston, 2000
- Australopelopia Cranston, P.S. 2000. Three new species of Chironomidae (Diptera) from the Australian Wet Tropics. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(1): 107-127 [118].
Type species:
Australopelopia prionoptera Cranston, 2000 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Yalgoo (YAL)
Diagnosis
Adult with thoracic tubercle, scape and pedicel setose, costa spinose in G, extending beyond apex of R4+5 to near wing apex; R2+3, R2 and R3 present; tibial spurs 1, 2, 2, elongate with several side teeth; hypopygium with evidence of volsella on median base of gonocoxite. Pupa with dilate tubular thoracic horn, with horn sac filling half lumen, with subapical connection to large ovoid plastron plate, filling much of corona; thoracic comb present; tergal scar present; shagreen of simple spinules, some aligned in rows; L(ateral) setae taeniate on VII and VIII, anal lobe outer marrgin
spinose, inner bare, setae adhesive. Larva without swim hairs on body, head index c. 0.7; ligula 5-toothed with concave tooth row and inner teeth curved outward; 2nd antennal segment annulate, AR <4; Mandible with long seta subdentalis arising in indentation between projecting inner and basal teeth; SSm, V9 and V10 aligned at 45˚ to antero-ventral axis, with VP posterior to V10, dorsal pit present, S7 close to S8.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2015 | CHIRONOMIDAE | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco |
| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |