Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) apicatus ( Neboiss 1994 )

Cartwright, David I. & Dostine, Peter, 2022, Five new species and new records of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Australia’s ‘ Top End’, Zootaxa 5138 (3), pp. 283-304 : 300-301

Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) apicatus ( Neboiss 1994)

Paranyctiophylax apicatus Neboiss 1994: 201 , figs 51, 52.

Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) apicatus ( Neboiss 1994) ; listed in the N. (P.) flavus Species Group by Oláh & Johanson (2010b).

Material examined. Northern Territory. 1 male (CT-755), Roper River , sample 3 (3.6), 16 Oct 2014 , P. Dostine ( MVM) ; 2 males, Edith R., light-trap 4, 10 Feb 2010 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Roper R., McMinn Stn , 26 Aug 2014 , P. Dostine; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 17 Sep 2014; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 16 Oct 2014; 5 males, Blackmore R., 13 Aug 2015 , P. Dostine; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 8 Feb 2016; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 6 Apr 2016; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 6 Jun 2016; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 3 Aug 2016; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 31 Aug 2016; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 27 Feb 2017; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 26 Apr 2017; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 25 May 2017; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 24 Jul 2017; 1 male, Peel Ck , 8 Mar 2016 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Berry Ck , 6 Apr 2016 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Gulungul Ck, d/s monitoring station, 27 Apr 2017, P. Dostine; 1 male, Gunlom Falls , 2 Aug 2017 , P. Dostine; 12 males, Howard R., 3 Apr 2019 , P. Dostine; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 2 May 2019; 1 male, Magela Ck, site 1, 7 Jun 2019, P. Dostine (all FFD) .

Remarks. Nyctiophylax apicatus has previously been recorded from many localities on Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, and two localities in the NT ( Neboiss 1994). The species is recorded from a further ten sites in the NT.