Clarissa

Clarissa Kirby, 1894: 46. Type species: Clarissa divergens Kirby, by monotypy.

Citations

Rohwer 1911a [type information: 77]; Rohwer 1911c [systematics – classification: 226]; Morice 1919 [key, key to species, new taxon, revision/review: 258, 299-300]; Rohwer 1922 [key: 92]; Forsius 1927 [systematics – classification: 288-289]; Benson 1934 [distribution (range), key, key to species, new taxon: 465, 468-470]; Benson 1935 [key to species, new taxon: 214-218]; Benson 1938b [key, systematics – classification: 358, 359]; Benson 1938c [systematics – classification: 382]; Benson 1963 [diagnosis, illustration of adult, key: 82, 83]; Benson & Conde 1938 [systematics – classification: 121]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153-154]; Pagliano & Scaramozzino 1990 [catalogue/checklist: 62]; Abe & Smith 1991 [systematics – classification: 20]; Naumann 1991 [illustration of adult: 933]; Naumann 1997 [key to species: 1343]; Schmidt & Brown 2005 [systematics – classification: 6].

Clarissa antennata Benson

Clarissa antennata Benson, 1935: 215, 217. Type locality: Australia: Tamborine Mountain, Queensland. Holotype male, by monotypy. Type depository: QMBA. Described: male.

Citations

Benson 1935 [key: 215, 217]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 232]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Naumann 1997 [key: 1343] Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Benson 1935, Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).

Clarissa atrata Turner

Clarissa atrata Turner, 1900: 516-517. Type locality: Australia: Mackay, Queensland. Syntype, female. Type depository: BMNH. Described: male, female.

Citations

Konow 1905a [distribution (range): 40]; Morice 1919 [description of male, distribution (range), key, type information: 299-300]; Benson 1934 [description of adult, distribution (range), illustration of adult, key: 465, 469]; Benson 1935 [key: 215]; Benson 1963 [taxonomy: 84]; Muche 1986 [distribution record: 152]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Naumann 1997 [key, taxonomy: 1342-1343]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Morice 1919, Benson 1934, Smith 1978, Muche 1986, Schmidt 2006]).

Clarissa bensoni Smith

Clarissa obscura Benson, 1935: 216, 218. Type locality: Australia: Tamborine Mountain, Queensland. Holotype male, by original designation. Type depository: QMBA. Described: male. Homonym of Clarissa variabilis var. obscura Forsius, 1927; discovered by Smith, 1978: 153.

Clarissa bensoni Smith, 1978: 153. Replacement name for Clarissa obscura Benson, 1935.

Citations

Benson 1935 [distribution record, key: 216, 218]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 232-233]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Naumann 1997 [taxonomy: 1342]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist, synonymy: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).

Clarissa diana Benson

Clarissa diana Benson, 1935: 215, 216. Type locality: Australia: Nanango District, Queensland. Holotype male, by monotypy. Type depository: QMBA. Described: male.

Citations

Benson 1935 [key: 215, 216]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 232]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Naumann 1997 [key].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).

Clarissa divergens Kirby

Clarissa divergens Kirby, 1894: 46-47. Type locality: Australia: Mackay, Queensland. Holotype female, by monotypy. Type depository: BMNH. Described: female.

Citations

Turner 1900 [description of female, distribution record, habitat: 516, 518]; Morice 1919 [description of male, distribution (range), illustration of adult, illustration of lance/lancet, key, type information: 300, pl. xi, fig. 11, pl. xiii, fig. 12]; Benson 1934 [description of adult, distribution (range), key: 469]; Benson 1935 [key: 215]; Benson 1963 [taxonomy: 84]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Muche 1986 [distribution record: 152]; Naumann 1997 [key, taxonomy: 1342-1343]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Turner 1900, Morice 1919, Benson 1934, Smith 1978, Muche 1986, Schmidt 2006]).

Clarissa flammea Benson

Clarissa flammea Benson, 1935: 214-215. Type locality: Australia: “Queensland National Park”, Queensland . Holotype female, by monotypy and original designation. Type depository: QMBA. Described: female.

Citations

Benson 1935 [illustration of lance/lancet: 214-215]; Benson 1963 [taxonomy: 84]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 232]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Naumann 1997 [key, taxonomy: 1342-1343]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).

Clarissa flavicornis Benson

Clarissa flavicornis Benson, 1934: 469. Type locality: Australia: Eidsvold, Queensland. Holotype female, by monotypy and original designation. Type depository: ANIC. Described: female. Illust.

Citations

Benson 1934 [illustration of lance/lancet, key: 469, 470]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 232]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Naumann 1997 [key, taxonomy: 1342-1343]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).

Clarissa hebe Benson

Clarissa hebe Benson, 1963: 83-84. Type locality: Australia: Tambrey, Western Australia. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: WAMP. Described: male, female. Illust.

Citations

Benson 1963 [distribution record, illustration of lance/lancet: 83-84]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 232]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Naumann 1997 [key, taxonomy: 1342-1343]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Western Australia [Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).

Clarissa lucida Benson

Clarissa lucida Benson, 1935: 215, 216-217. Type locality: Australia: Tooloom, New South Wales. Holotype male, by original designation. Type depository: QMBA. Described: male.

Citations

Benson 1935 [key: 215, 216-217]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 232]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 154]; Naumann 1997 [key: 1343]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (New South Wales [Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).

Clarissa ruficollis Benson

Clarissa ruficollis Benson, 1934: 469, 470. Type locality: Australia: Mount Blundell, Australian Capital Territory. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: ANIC. Described: female.

Citations

Benson 1934 [distribution (range), illustration of lance/lancet, illustration of sawsheath, key: 469, 470]; Benson 1963 [taxonomy: 84]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 233]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 154]; Naumann 1997 [taxonomy, key: 1342-1343]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Capital Territory [Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).

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Clarissa tasbates Naumann

Clarissa tasbates Naumann, 1997: 1336-1342. Type locality: Australia: Pelion Hut, 3 km S Mt Oakleigh, 41.50S 146.03E, Tasmania. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: ANIC. Described: female, male and larva. Illust.

Citations

Naumann 1997 [habitat, illustration of female, illustration of lance/lancet, illustration of male, illustration of male genitalia, illustration of immature stages, life history]; Naumann 1998 [distribution record, habitat, illustration of female, illustration of male: 96, 97]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist, host plant: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Tasmania [Naumann 1997, Naumann 1998, Schmidt 2006]).

Associations

Host – RANUNCULALES Ranunculaceae: Ranunculus sp. [Naumann 1997, Naumann 1998].

Biology

The biology was described by Naumann (1997, 1998). Adults are active in complete darkness and in the early morning. The species has been observed in moist habitats at altitudes of about 860 m in clearings in eucalypt woodland near temperate rainforest. Adults were collected from November until January. Larvae have been found clinging on dead stems of Poa (Poaceae), under a mat of dead Poa and one larva was observed feeding on a deadRanunculus (Ranunculaceae) leaf, indicating saprophagy of the larvae. Naumann (1997) notes that the described larva associated with C. tasbates could be the larva of Neoeurys leptocoleum Benson or N. tasmanica Rohwer because both species occur in the same locality.

Clarissa thoracica Morice

Clarissa thoracica Morice, 1919: 300. Type locality: Australia. Holotype female, by monotypy and original designation. Type depository: OXUM. Described: female.

Citations

Morice 1919 [key: 300]; Benson 1934 [distribution (range), key: 469]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 154]; Naumann 1997 [key, taxonomy: 1342-1343]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia [Benson 1934, Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006].

Clarissa wilsoni Benson

Clarissa wilsoni Benson, 1938b: 360-361. Type locality: Australia: Mount Wilson, New South Wales. Holotype female, by monotypy. Type depository: MVME. Described: female.

Citations

Quinlan 1974 [type information: 233]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 154]; Naumann 1997 [key, taxonomy: 1342-1343]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist: 628].

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (New South Wales [Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).