Agapetus monticolus Banks

Wells, Alice, 2010, Australian species of the genus Agapetus (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae), with descriptions of 13 new species, Zootaxa 2420, pp. 1-25 : 14-15

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.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 20. Agapetus spp. male genitalia. 17, A. kimminsi Ross: 17 a, ventral view; 17 b, left lateral view; 18, A. mittamitta sp. nov., genitalia and separated phallic apparatus, left lateral views; 19, A. monticolus, phallic apparatus, left lateral view; 20, A. christineae sp. nov.: 20 a, ventral view; 20 b, left lateral view. Abbreviations: IX, X = abdominal segments IX, X; ce = cercus; go = gonopod; mp VI = mesal process of abdominal sternite VI; pa = parameres of phallic apparatus; ph = phallic apparatus; scs = sclerotised strip; sr = sclerotised ridge.

FIGURES 24 – 45. General indication of known locations of Agapetus species in Australia. 24, A. cralus; 25, A. laparus; 26, A. dayi; 27, A. pontona; 28, A. tubrabucca; 29, A. paracralus; 30, A. paluma; 31, A. cannensis; 32, A. muelleri; 33, A. stclairae; 34, A. vicanthicus; 35, A. sheldoni; 36, A. neboissi; 37, A. dundungra; 38, A. zwicki; 39, A. mossmanensis; 40, A. tasmanicus; 41, A. kimminsi; 42, A. mittamitta; 43, A. monticolus; 44, A. christineae; 45, A. ablusus.