Revision of the stonefly family eustheniidae (Plecoptera), with emphasis on the fauna of the Australian region

Abstract

The revision includes diagnoses of the family and its subfamilies. Keys to genera and species are provided. Descriptions of known species are supplemented or corrected. Several new synonymies are established and some new species are described. The majority of species in the Australian Region are illustrated, and detailed faunistical data are also presented. The following taxa are recognized: Eustheniidae Tillyard; Eustheniinae Tillyard (= Thaumatoperlinae Tillyard): Neuroperlopsis lilies (N. patris Illies), Thaumatoperla Tillyard (T. robusta Tillyard; T. flaveola Burns & Neboiss; T. alpina Burns & Neboiss; T. timmsi nov. spec.), Eusthenia Gray (=Eustheniopsis Tillyard, nov. syn.) (E. costalis Banks = E. purpurescens Tillyard, nov. syn. . = E. purpurescens extensa Tillyard, nov. syn.; E. lacustris Tillyard = E. spectabilis eulegnica Tillyard, nov. syn.; E. spectabilis Gray = E. lunulata Tillyard, nov. syn., = E. reticulata Samal—not Tillyard! , nov. syn.; E. reticulata (Tillyard), nov. comb.; E. venosa (Ti...