Online version Key to Keys online version Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Cooperative Research Centre For Freshwater Ecology, Ellis Street, Thurgoona, P.O. Box 921, Albury, NSW 2640 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication. Hawking, John H. (John Henry), 1949-. A preliminary guide to keys and zoological information to identify invertebrates from Australian freshwaters. ISSN 1321-280X. ISBN 0 646 17041 4. I. Freshwater invertebrates - Australia - Identification. I. Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology. II. Title. (Series : Identification guide (Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology); no.2). 592.092994 MDFRC Page 1 of 47 30/01/2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................1 TAXONOMIC AND ZOOLOGICAL INFORMATION ..........................................................................................2 PHYLUM PROTOZOA .......................................................................................................................................2 PHYLUM PORIFERA (Sponges) .......................................................................................................................2 PHYLUM COELENTERATA OR CNIDARIA (Hydras, jellyfish).........................................................................2 CLASS HYDROZOA.......................................................................................................................................3 PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES (Primitive worms)............................................................................................3 CLASS TEMNOCEPHALIDEA .......................................................................................................................3 CLASS TURBELLARIA ..................................................................................................................................3 Order Tricladida (Flatworms) ......................................................................................................................3 Order Catenulida (Microturbellarians).........................................................................................................3 Order Macrostomida (Microturbellarians) ...................................................................................................3 Order Neorhabdocoela (Microturbellarians) ...............................................................................................3 Order Alloeocoela (Microturbellarians) .......................................................................................................4 PHYLUM NEMERTEA (Proboscis worms) ........................................................................................................4 PHYLUM NEMATODA (Roundworms) ..............................................................................................................4 PHYLUM NEMATOMORPHA (Horsehair worms) .............................................................................................4 PHYLUM ROTIFERA (Rotifers) .........................................................................................................................4 PHYLUM GASTROTRICHA...............................................................................................................................5 PHYLUM BRYOZOA or POLYZOA (Pipe moss or moss animalcules) .............................................................5 PHYLUM MOLLUSCA (Snails, mussels) ...........................................................................................................5 CLASS GASTROPODA (Snails) ....................................................................................................................5 CLASS BIVALVIA (Mussels) ..........................................................................................................................6 PHYLUM ANNELIDA (True worms, leeches) ....................................................................................................6 CLASS OLIGOCHAETA (Aquatic earthworms)..............................................................................................6 CLASS HIRUDINEA (Leeches) ......................................................................................................................6 CLASS APHANONEURA ...............................................................................................................................7 CLASS POLYCHAETA (Bristleworms)...........................................................................................................7 PHYLUM TARDIGRADA (Water bears).............................................................................................................7 PHYLUM ARTHROPODA ..................................................................................................................................7 CLASS ARACHNIDA (Mites & spiders)..........................................................................................................7 Order Acariformes (formerly Acarina) (Mites).............................................................................................7 Order Araneae (Spiders).............................................................................................................................8 CLASS CRUSTACEA.....................................................................................................................................8 Order Anostraca (Fairy shrimps).................................................................................................................8 Order Notostraca (Tadpole or Shield shrimps) ...........................................................................................9 Order Anaspidinea ....................................................................................................................................10 Order Bathynellacea .................................................................................................................................10 Order Thermosbaenacea..........................................................................................................................11 Order Isopoda ...........................................................................................................................................11 Order Amphipoda (Scuds) ........................................................................................................................11 Order Decapoda........................................................................................................................................12 CLASS COLLEMBOLA (Springtails) ............................................................................................................12 CLASS INSECTA (Insects)...........................................................................................................................12 Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies) ..............................................................................................................12 Order Odonata (Dragonflies and damselflies) ..........................................................................................13 Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)....................................................................................................................14 Order Hemiptera (Bugs)............................................................................................................................14 Order Megaloptera (Alderflies, dobsonflies) .............................................................................................15 Order Neuroptera (Lace-wings) ................................................................................................................15 Order Coleoptera (Beetles).......................................................................................................................15 Order Mecoptera (Scorpion-flies, hanging-flies) .......................................................................................16 Order Diptera (Two-winged flies) ..............................................................................................................16 Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies).................................................................................................................17 Order Lepidoptera (Moths)........................................................................................................................18 Order Hymenoptera (Wasps)....................................................................................................................18 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................19 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...................................................................................................................................44 Key to Keys online version INTRODUCTION This guide is a collation of the taxonomic literature that is available to identify invertebrates found in Australian inland waters. It aims to help inform biologists of the latest taxonomic literature, foster the use of recognised keys, add consistency to identifications, and high-light groups that need urgent taxonomic attention. This guide is intended to be a ready-reckoner guide to quickly find the appropriate identification keys and save hours searching for relevant taxonomic keys.