Austrothaumalea capricornis Theischinger 1986

• Main Author: Sinclair, Bradley J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Thaumaleidae; Austrothaumalea; Austrothaumalea capricornis; Lookout; Sinclair; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4676507; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4676507

Austrothaumalea capricornis Theischinger Austrothaumalea capricornis Theischinger, 1986: 298. Material examined. New South Wales: 3 ??, 1 !, Blue Mtns NP, Mt. Wilson, Waterfall Ck, 22.xi.1993, 13.xii.1998 (AMS, CNC). Distribution. This species is known from Mt. Wilson and the Point Lookout region of New England National Park. Remarks. The above specimens from Mt. Wilson were collected either along a narrow cascading stream or at the waterfall near the edge of the forested region. This locality is a small remnant rainforest growing in rich basaltic soils, and near the stream is a large grove of tree ferns (Dicksonia antarctica Labill). Published as part of Sinclair, Bradley J., 2008, New Species of Austrothaumalea Tonnoir from Australia (Diptera: Thaumaleidae), pp. 1-12 in Records of the Australian Museum 60 (1) on page 6, DOI:10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1490, http://zenodo.org/record/4676495