Ecnomus blythi Cartwright 1990

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 : 294

Ecnomus blythi Cartwright 1990

Ecnomus blythi Cartwright 1990: 19 , figs 51, 52.

Material examined. Northern Territory. 11 males, Roper River, Mt McMinn Stn , 26 Aug 2014 , P. Dostine; 20 males, same loc. and coll., 17 Sep 2014 (all FFD) ; 1 male (DC305), same loc. and coll., 16 Oct 2014 ( MVM) ; 29 males, same loc. and coll., 16 Oct 2014; 21 males, same loc. and coll., 19 May 2015; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 15 Jun 2015; 4 males, same loc. and coll., 12 Aug 2015; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 14 Sep 2015; 22 males, same loc. and coll., 13 Oct 2015; 6 males, same loc. and coll., 10 Nov 2015; 1 male, Berry Ck , 17 Mar 2015 , P. Dostine; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 14 May 2015; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 17 Aug 2015; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 11 Jan 2016; 4 males, same loc. and coll., 8 Feb 2016; 5 males, same loc. and coll., 8 Mar 2016; 8 males, same loc. and coll., 6 Apr 2016; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 3 Aug 2016; 3 males, same loc. and coll., 27 Feb 2017; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 26 Apr 2017; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 22 Aug 2017; 2 males, Finniss R., 5 May 2019 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Daly R., Oolloo Crossing , 8 Aug 2016 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Blackmore R., 26 Apr 2017 , P. Dostine; 4 males, Sandy Billabong ; 26 May 2017 , P. Dostine; 4 males, Daly R., near Mentabie Stn , 14 Jun 2018 , P. Dostine (all FFD) .

Remarks. Ecnomus blythi was previously recorded from many sites in the NT and five sites in northern WA ( Cartwright 1990). Many males are recorded from a further seven NT localities.