Oecetis aeoloptera Kimmins, 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 : 94

Oecetis aeoloptera Kimmins

Figures 26–29, 109

Oecetis aeoloptera Kimmins in Mosely and Kimmins, 1953: 287, fig. 201.

Material examined. Holotype. Male, Murwillumbah, NSW ( BMNH). 21 samples in ANIC and NMV.

Diagnosis. Forewing (Fig. 29) length 4 times maximum width, posterior anastomosis clearly non-linear, with t2 more distal than t1 and t3 which are both approximately equal; in male genitalia (Figs 26–28) inferior appendages pincer-shaped in ventral view, in lateral view long and slender distally; preanal lobes discrete, triangular.

Distribution. Eastern Vic., more north-eastern NSW, south-eastern and northern Qld, northern NT to northern WA (Fig. 109).

Remarks. In male genitalic features O. aoeloptera closely resembles O. atarpa and O. scirpicula but is distinguished by the more attenuate inferior appendages, and preanal lobes elongate triangular in ventral view, in lateral view, slender, tapered, rather than rounded.