Australian species of the genus Agapetus (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae), with descriptions of 13 new species
Author
Wells, Alice
text
Zootaxa
2010
2420
1
25
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.194445
02c1d6ff-02e5-4af2-b2b5-7df4aeac8092
1175-5326
194445
Agapetus monticolus
Banks
Figs 19
,
43
Agapetus monticolus
Banks, 1939
: 503
.
Material examined:
Holotype
male: New South
Wales
:
, Mt Koscius[z]ko,
ANIC
; 52 samples from montane areas of
Victoria
and 2 samples from the Australian Alps of southern
New South
Wales
,
NMV
; 3 samples from
Victoria
, 9 samples from southeastern
New South
Wales
,
ANIC
.
Diagnosis: Viewed ventrally, this species resembles
A. dayi
which also has 2 spurs or teeth ventrally on the mesal margin of each gonopod, but when viewed laterally,
A. monticolus
is readily recognised by the slender cerci and sclerotised dorsal and apical margins of segment X that give the appearance of a downturned hook. Females are not distinctive.
Forewing length: Male 3.0–
4.2 mm
; female 4.0–
4.5 mm
.
Distribution. Common in montane areas of Victoria, from The Grampians mountains in the Southwest, to the east of the state, and in New South
Wales
from the Australian Alps of the Southeast to the Barrington Tops range of the Northeast.