Thaumatoperla flaveola

Thaumatoperla flaveola is a species of stonefly in the genus Thaumatoperla.[1] They are endemic to the Mount BullerMount Stirling area of the Victoria alps, Australia.[2]

Thaumatoperla flaveola
Photograph of Thaumatoperla flaveola holotype
Thaumatoperla flaveola holotype, Museum Victoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Plecoptera
Family: Eustheniidae
Genus: Thaumatoperla
Species:
T. flaveola
Binomial name
Thaumatoperla flaveola
Burns & Neboiss, 1957

Description

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Medium-large insect.

As adult: Two pairs of wide, membranous wings. Anterior wings tawny-olive and mottled.[1] Posterior wings deep grey.[1] Head reddish-brown, with darker area in front. Legs dark-brown. The prothorax is yellow-brown, the mesothorax dark-brown, and the metathorax black.[1] The cylindrical abdomen is slightly flattened dorsally and shiny black.[1] Two large black cerci and two long black antennae.

They are incapable of flight.[2]

Distribution

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Thaumatoperla flaveola are endemic to the Mount BullerMount Stirling area of the Victoria alpine area in south-eastern Australia.[2] They have not been recorded below 1100m.[2]

Habitat

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T. flaveola inhabit alpine riparian heathland. Nymphs live in the hyporheic zone of mountain streams.[2]

Life history

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T. flaveola emerge as adults in February - May.[2]

Etymology

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From Latin flāvus, referring to their yellowish colouring.

Conservation status

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Listed as Threatened under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Burns, A.N., & Neboiss, A. 1957, ‘Two new species of Plecoptera from Victoria’, Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, vol. 212, pp. 91-242
  2. ^ a b c d e f Mynott, J.H. 2016, Surveying the threatened species Thaumatoperla flaveola across the Mount Buller–Mount Stirling massif. Final Report prepared for the Department of Land, Water and Planning by The Murray–Darling Freshwater Research Centre (122/2016), retrieved from <https://opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/book/Surveying_the_threatened_species_Thaumatoperla_flaveola_across_the_Mount_Buller_Mount_Stirling_massif/8188721/3>.