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species Acroperla spiniger (Tillyard, 1923)

• Distribution:
  •  New Zealand
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Scrapers of algae, Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (14):
  • Tillyard. 1923. Trans. New Zeal. Inst. 54(18):210   >> Nesoperla spiniger    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7142
  • Claassen. 1940. Mem. Cornell agric. Exp. Sta. 232:33 >> Nesoperla spiniger
  • Illies. 1963. Rec. Domin. Mus. 4(19):257 >> Note: Transferred to Aucklandobius. >> Aucklandobius spinigerus
  • Winterbourn. 1965. N. Z. J. Sci. 8:270-272 >> Aucklandobius spinigerus
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:36 >> Aucklandobius spinigerus
  • McLellan. 1966. Trans. Royal Soc. NZ, Zool. 8:17-18 >> Note: Reverting to original spelling of epithet. >> Aucklandobius spiniger    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7144
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:202 >> Aucklandobius spiniger
  • McLellan. 1977. N. Z. J. Zool. 4(2):125   >> Note: Transferred to Acroperla. >> Acroperla spiniger    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7141
  • Winterbourn. 1978. N. Z. J. Zool. 5:158   >> Acroperla spiniger
  • Cowie & Winterbourn. 1979. N. Z. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 13(2):298   >> Acroperla spiniger
  • McLellan. 1990. In Campbell [Ed.]. Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Proceedings of the 5th International Ephemeroptera Conference and the 9th International Plecoptera Conference. Ser. Entomol. 44:136 >> Acroperla spiniger
  • McLellan. 1998. N. Z. J. Zool. 25:191   >> Acroperla spiniger
  • McLellan. 2008. National Centre for Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity 2 >> Acroperla spiniger
  • McCulloch, G.A., Wallis & Waters. 2016. Global Ecology and Biogeography 1-9 >> Acroperla spiniger
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, New Zealand, Arthur's Pass
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  NZAC New Zealand

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