Oecetis asmanista Mosely, 1953

Wells, Alice, 2004, The long-horned caddisfly genus Oecetis (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) in Australia: two new species groups and 17 new species, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1), pp. 85-110 : 92-93

Oecetis asmanista Mosely

Figures 19, 20, 107

Oecetis asmanista Mosely and Kimmins, 1953: 282 , fig. 199. — Neboiss, 1977: 147, figs 792–795.

Oecetis ochracea Jaquemart, 1965: 23 . [Junior homonym of Oecetis ochracea (Curtis, 1825) ], (synonymy by Neboiss, 1977: 147).

Oecetis geevestonia Neboiss, 1974: 15 . [Unnecessary replacement name for O. ochracea Jaquemart. ] Material examined. Holotype. male, Tas. ( BMNH).

Tas. : Male, female, Derwent Bridge, 12 Feb 1967, E.F. Riek ( ANIC) ; male holotype ( BMNH); 1 male, Olga Camp , Gordon-Smith River junction, 42°39.1'S 145°48.0'E, 2 Feb 1976, Howard, Suter ( NMV) ; males, females, West Bay River , Margate, 43°1.7'S 147°15.7'E, 6 Jan 1977, Coleman, Neboiss, Allbrook ( NMV) ; males, females, Franklin River-Roaring Creek junction, 4 km above Gordon River junction, 8 Jan 1977, Coleman , Neboiss , Allbrook ( NMV); 1 female, Swamp nr Olga River, 19 km above Gordon River Junction, 42°42.8'S 145°46.8'E, 13 Jan 1977, Neboiss and Swain ( NMV); 3 males, Pelion Hut, 3 km S Mt Oakleigh, 41°50'S 146°03'E, 6–11 Mar 1991 at light, M. Horak, P. McQuillan ( ANIC) . Vic : male, Tanjil River Jcn, 10 km N of Willow Grove, 38°4.2'S 146°10.6'E, 18 Dec 1973, A. Neboiss ( NMV) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length over 4 times maximum width, fork 1 with footstalk and t1 and t2 contiguous, t3 only slightly more proximal than t1 or t2. In male genitalia (Figs 19, 20), inferior appendages skittle-shaped in lateral view being roundly constricted at two-thirds length, narrow distally; tergum X a narrow process, almost twice as long as preanal appendages.

Distribution. Tas. and south-central Vic. (one specimen only) (Fig. 107).