Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) spiculatus ( 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 : 301-302

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.3.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E516B443-1E3B-4A6E-B8F3-E24FD80F2610
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6564925
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) spiculatus ( Neboiss 1994 )
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Nyctiophylax (Paranyctiophylax) spiculatus ( Neboiss 1994) View in CoL

Paranyctiophylax spiculatus Neboiss 1994: 201 View in CoL , figs 47–50.

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

Material examined. Northern Territory. 1 male, Edith R., l-trap 4, 10 Feb 2010, P. Dostine ; 5 males, Umbrawarra Gorge , 21 May 2015, P. Dostine; 1 male, Little Fitzmaurice R ., 12 May 2017, P. Dostine; 1 male, Peel Ck , 22 Jun 2017, P. Dostine ; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 24 Jul 2017; 10 males, Petherick’s Ck , 6 Jun 2015, P. Dostine ; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 30 Apr 2017; 1 male, unnamed creek near Surprise Falls , 20–21 Aug 2020, P. Dostine ; 1 male, Sandy Ck , 17–18 Sep 2020, P. Dostine (all FFD) .

Remarks. Nyctiophylax spiculatus was originally recorded from only one NT site (Howard Springs) and many sites in northern WA (both the Kimberley and Pilbara Regions) ( Neboiss 1994). The species is recorded from a further seven sites in the NT.