Attheyella (Chappuisiella) hirsuta Chappuis, 1951

Tang, Danny & Knott, Brenton, 2009, Freshwater cyclopoids and harpacticoids (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Gnangara Mound region of Western Australia, Zootaxa 2029, pp. 1-70 : 59

Attheyella (Chappuisiella) hirsuta Chappuis, 1951

Material examined. Boomerang Cave ( YN 99), Yanchep National Park, Western Australia (31°32'33''S, 115°41'24''E): 19 ♀ and 17 ♂, 14 November, 1996; Twilight Cave ( YN194 ), Yanchep National Park , Western Australia (31°34'05''S, 115°41'21''E) : 40 ♀ (1 dissected and mounted on slide), 18 ♂ (1 dissected and mounted on slide) and 18 copepodids, 17 July, 1992; Egerton spring, Ellenbrook , Western Australia (31°46'18''S, 115°58'51''E) : 10 ♀, 6 ♂ and 5 copepodids, 1995; 12 ♀ (1 dissected and mounted on slide) and 6 ♂ (1 dissected and mounted on slide), 9 October , 2006 ; 6 ♀, 7 ♂ and 2 copepodids ( AM P.78934), 9 October, 2007 ; 4 ♀ and 3 ♂, 28 August, 2008; Sue’s spring ( South ), Bullsbrook , Western Australia (31°38'42''S, 115°58'17''E) : 1 ♀ and 2 ♂, 1 February , 2008 ; 1 ♀ and 1 ♂, 22 August , 2008 .

Remarks. Attheyella (Chappuisiella) hirsuta was established by Chappuis (1951) based on two specimens of each sex collected from a moss sample obtained by a waterfall along Guide River in Tasmania. Hamond (1987) subsequently redescribed in detail this species (as Canthocamptus hirsutus ) based on specimens associated with wet moss samples collected from the type locality and inland waters of Victoria. As A. (Ch.) hirsuta was hitherto known only from Tasmania and Victoria, its collection in Western Australia represents a large range extension for this freshwater taxon. Furthermore, this is the first record of this species from ground waters.