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species Dinotoperla opposita (Walker, 1852)

• Distribution:
  •  Tasmania.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Scrapers of algae, Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (8):
  • Walker, F. 1852. Catalogue of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 1:171   >> Perla (Chloroperla) opposita    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7222
  • Tillyard. 1921. Canad. Ent. 53:43   >> Dinotoperla opposita    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7221
  • Kimmins. 1951. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. Ent. 2(2):63   >> Dinotoperla opposita
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:43 >> Dinotoperla opposita
  • Kimmins. 1970. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. Ent. 24(8):347   >> Dinotoperla opposita
  • McLellan. 1971. Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. 2:53 >> Dinotoperla opposita
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:208 >> Dinotoperla opposita
  • Mynott, Suter & Theischinger. 2017. Zootaxa 4224(1):32   >> Dinotoperla opposita
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, Australia, Tasmania
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Location of type:  BMNH British Museum

• synonym elegans Hynes, 1976

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