Agapetus vicanthicus Neboiss

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Agapetus diacanthicus Neboiss, 1986a: 214, figs 5, 6 (preoccupied). Agapetus vicanthicus Neboiss, 1988: 194 (replacement name).

Material examined: Victoria: 17 samples from O’Shannassy River, tributary of Yarra River, NE of Warburton, NMV. New South Wales: Mt Kosciuszko National park, 3.6 km SW of Thredbow, nr Dead Horse Gap, 15–17.iii.2003, 7 males 7 females, C.Lambkin, N. Starick, J. Recsei, ANIC.

Diagnosis: Males are distinguished from the rest of the Australian species by segment IX clearly angulate and phallic apparatus with a pair of striated parameres, by having a sharp dorsolateral spine on each lobe of segment X, cerci narrow and elongate, and gonopods stout and each with a mesally directed spine or spur on both the dorsal and ventral apical margins.

Female: Shows no distinctive features.

Forewing length: Male 2.7–4.7 mm; female 3.7–4.8 mm.

Distribution: Found from central to eastern Victoria, and in the Australian Alps of southeastern New South Wales.