Agapetus ablusus Neboiss

Wells, Alice, 2010, Australian species of the genus Agapetus (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae), with descriptions of 13 new species, Zootaxa 2420, pp. 1-25 : 16

Agapetus ablusus Neboiss

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Agapetus ablusus Neboiss, 1986a: 214 , figs 7–12.

Material examined: Holotype male: Victoria: Dee River 2 km NW of Millgrove (NMV-T-8178). Paratypes, Victoria: upper Acheron River, 37°38’S 145°42’E, 9.i.1957, 2 males, A. Neboiss, ANIC.

Victoria: 49 samples from central and eastern montane areas, NMV.

Diagnosis: This species resembles A. vicanthicus in having a tooth on segment X but is identified readily as the only Australian species with bilobed gonopods. The phallic apparatus bears patches of spinules or microtrichia.

Female: Lacking any distinctive features.

Forewing length: Male 4–5 mm; female 3.8–4.8 mm ( Neboiss 1986b).

Distribution. Known only from Victoria, from the catchment of the Yarra River to the east of Melbourne, and from south and west of Mt Baw Baw.

Figures

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.