New Species of Austrothaumalea Tonnoir from Australia (Diptera: Thaumaleidae)
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
text
Records of the Australian Museum
2008
2008-06-25
60
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1490
journal article
10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1490
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Austrothaumalea capricornis
Theischinger
Austrothaumalea capricornis
Theischinger, 1986: 298
.
Material examined.
New South Wales
: 3
??
, 1
!
,
Blue Mtns
NP
,
Mt. Wilson
,
Waterfall Ck
,
22.xi.1993
,
13.xii.1998
(
AMS
, CNC)
.
Distribution
. This species is known from Mt. Wilson and the Point Lookout region of New
England
National Park.
Remarks
. The above specimens from Mt. Wilson were collected either along a narrow cascading stream or at the waterfall near the edge of the forested region. This locality is a small remnant rainforest growing in rich basaltic soils, and near the stream is a large grove of tree ferns (
Dicksonia antarctica
Labill
).