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TRIN Taxonomic Workshops run by La Trobe University
Year Title Author availability
2013 Preliminary keys to the larvae of Australian Calocidae (Trichoptera: Insecta) Michael Shackleton free download
2013 Introduction to the Australian freshwater gastropods Winston Ponder received at workshop
2013 Preliminary key to the Australian spiny crayfish Euastacus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) Robert McCormack received at workshop
2013 Key to the genera of Australian temnocephalans (Temnocephalida) Kim Sewell free download
2013 Identification key to families of Diptera larvae of Australian inland waters Chris Madden received at workshop
2012 Key to the mature nymphs of Tasmanophlebia (Ephemeroptera: Oniscigastridae) Phil Suter and Jeff Webb received at workshop
2012 Key to mature nymphs of Mirawara (Ephemeroptera: Ameletopsidae) Phil Suter and Jeff Webb received at workshop
2012 Key to the mature nymphs of Ameletoides (Ephemeroptera: Nesameletidae) Phil Suter and Jeff Webb received at workshop
2012 Key to larvae of Victorian Dinotoperla (Plecoptera) Deb Thomas received at workshop
2012 Key to the genera of Phreatoicidea G.D.F. Wilson received at workshop
2012 Species-level key to Caridina spp pf SE Australia Satish Choy free download with license
2012 Updated guide to the freshwater amphipods of Australia Rachel King and John Bradbury received at workshop
2012 Preliminary guide to the larvae of the aquatic moths from Australia (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae) John Hawking received at workshop
2011 Draft preliminary key to the larvae of Riekoperla (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) Julia Mynott received at workshop
2011 Identification guide to the brine shrimps (Crustacea: Anostraca: Artemiina) of Australia Brian Timms free download
2011 Draft identification key to families of Diptera larvae of Australian inland waters Chris Madden received at workshop
2010 Identification of larvae of Australian Baetidae Jeff Webb and Phil Suter free download
2010 Key to the genera of male adult mayflies of Australia Phil Suter and Jeff Webb free download
2010 Australian Hydraenid Beetles:
Diversity, Ecology, Biogeography
Nick Porch and Phil Perkins free download
2009 Tools for identifying selected Australian aquatic oligochaetes Clitellata Annelida Adrian Pinder free download
2009 Key to genera of larvae of Australian Chironomidae (Diptera) Chris Madden free download
2009 Key to mature nymphs of Coloburiscoides (Lestage) (Ephemeroptera: Coloburiscidae) Phil Suter, Jeff Webb, Darryl Rowe free download

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CRCFE Taxonomic Workshops run by Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre
No Year Title Author Price
51 2004 A guide to provisional identification of the freshwater mussels (Unionoida) of Australasia Keith Walker $38.50
50 2004 Identification keys to Australian families and genera of caddis-fly larvae (Trichoptera) John Dean, Ros St Clair, David Cartwright $46.20
49 2004 Introduction to the systematics and biology of Australian aquatic Neuroptera Tim New $40.70
48 2004 Preliminary guide to the identification of larvae of fish, with a bibliography of their studies, from the Murray-Darling Basin Luciano Serafini and Paul Humphries $40.70
47 2004 An identification guide to the fairy shrimps (Crustacea: Anostraca) of Australia Brian Timms $42.90
46 2003 Dragonflies of Victoria: An identification guide to adult and larval dragonflies (Odonata) Gunther Theischinger and John Hawking $38.50
45   not published    
44 2002 A preliminary identification of Australian Syncarida (Crustacea) P. Serov $33.00
43 2002 Checklists and guides to the identification, to genus, of adult and larval Australian water beetles of the families Dytiscidae, Noteridae, Hygrobiidae, Haliplidae, Gyrinidae, Hydraenidae and the superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Chris Watts free download
42 2002 Preliminary keys for the identification of larvae of the Australian Petaluridae, Archipetaliidae, Austropetaliidae, Telephlebiidae and Aeshnidae (Odonata) Gunther Theischinger $37.00
41 2002 Habitat profiles of Queensland mayflies, families Baetidae, Caenidae and Prosopistomatidae Phil Suter, D. Conrick, B. Cockayne and Satish Choy $33.00
40 2002 Tasmanian aquatic and semi-aquatic hemipterans Ian Lansbry and Sam Lake $33.00
39 2001 A guide to the identification of Australian freshwater planktonic chroococcales G. B. McGregor and L. D. Fabbro $30.00
38 2001 A key to Victorian nymphs of Leptoperla (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) Eddie Tsyrlin $33.00
37 2001 An introduction to the identification of aquatic caterpillars (Lepidoptera) found in Australian inland waters John Hawking $33.00
36 2001 A bibliography to some of the ecological and biological literature of Australian aquatic inland invertebrates Mel Pearson and John Hawking $27.50
35 2001 A reference guide to the ecology and taxonomy of freshwater and terrestrial leeches (Euhirudinea) of Australasia and Oceania F. Govedich $33.00
34 2001 Preliminary keys for the identification of larvae of the Australian Synthemistidae, Gomphomacromiidae, Pseudocorduliidae, Macromiidae and Austrocorduliidae (Odonata) Gunther Theischinger $33.00
33 2000 An illustrated guide to common stream diatom species from temperate Australia J.A. Sonneman, A. Sincock, J. Fluin, M. Reid, P. Newall, J. Tibby and P. Gell $49.50
32   not published    
31 2000 Preliminary keys for the identification of the Australian caddisfly larvae of the families Antipodoeciidae, Atriplectididae, Limnephilidae and Plectrotarsidae John Dean $19.80
30 2000 Preliminary keys for identification of Australian caddisfly larvae of the families Odontoceridae, Kokiriidae and Oeconesidae Ros St Clair $19.80
29 2000 Australian alderfly larvae and adults (Insecta: Megaloptera): A preliminary guide to the identification of larvae and survey of adults of Australian alderflies Gunther Theischinger $19.80
28 2000 Preliminary keys for the identification of larvae of the Australian gomphides (Odonata) Gunther Theischinger $27.50
27 2000 Preliminary keys for identification of Australian caddisfly larvae of the family Leptoceridae Ros St Clair $33.00
26 1999 An illustrated key to common diatom genera from southern Australia P. Gell, J. Sonneman, M. Reid, M. Illman, A. Sincock free download
25 1999 A guide to the identification of common blue-green algae (cyanoprokaryotes) in Australian freshwaters P. Baker and L Fabbro free download
24 1999 Dragonfly Larvae (Odonata): A guide to the identification of larvae of Australian families and to the identification and ecology of larvae from New South Wales Gunther Theischinger and John Hawking $55.00
23 1999 Illustrated key to the Australian caenid nymphs (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae) Phil Suter $22.00
22 1999 Preliminary keys for the identification of Australian Trichoptera larvae of the family Hydropsychidae John Dean $22.00
21 1999 Guide to the identification of Australian Elmidae larvae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Alena Glaister $38.50
20 1999 Preliminary keys for the identification of Australian mayfly nymphs of the family Leptophlebiidae John Dean $27.50
19 1998 Preliminary guide to the identification of adult and larval Dytiscidae and adult aquatic Hydrophilidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Chris Watts free download
18 1998 A guide to the identification of families of Australian water mites (Arachnida: Acarina) Mark Harvey and Jane Growns $27.50
17 1998 A guide to the identification of larval Psephenidae water pennies (Insecta: Coleoptera) Jenny Davis $22.00
16 1998 Preliminary guide to the identification of late instar larvae of Australian Calocidae, Helicophidae and Conoesucidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) Jean Jackson $27.50
15 1998 Preliminary guide to the identification of late instar larvae of Australian Polycentropodidae, Glossosomatidae, Dipseudopsidae and Psychomyiidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) David Cartwright $22.00
14 1997 Preliminary guide to the identification of nymphs of Australian baetid mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) found in flowing waters Phil Suter free download
13 1997 A preliminary guide to the identification of larval Hydroptilidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) Alice Wells $22.00
12 1997 Preliminary guide to the identification of late instar larvae of Australian Philorheithridae, Calamoceratidae and Helicopsychidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) Ros St Clair free download
11 1997 Larvae of the Australian Hydrobiosidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) John Dean $27.50
10 1997 Preliminary guide to the identification of late instar larvae of Australian Ecnomidae, Philopotamidae and Tasimiidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) David Cartwright free download
9 1997 Aquatic life in freshwater ponds: A guide to the identification and ecology of life in aquaculture ponds and farm dams in South Eastern Australia B. Ingram, John Hawking, Russ Shiel $33.00
8 1997 Colour guide to invertebrates of Australian inland waters John Hawking and Felicity Smith $25.00
7 1996 Mayfly nymphs of Australia: A guide to genera John Dean and Phil Suter free download
6 1996 Identification keys to the families and genera of bivalve and gastropod molluscs found in Australian inland waters Brian smith $24.20
5 1995 Preliminary key to the species of Decapoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca) found in Australian inland waters Pierre Horwitz free download
4 1995 Preliminary key to the malacostracan families (Crustacea) found in Australian inland waters Pierre Horwitz and William Williams free download
3 1995 A guide to the identification of rotifers, cladocerans and copepods from Australian inland waters Russ Shiel free download
2 2000 A preliminary guide to keys and zoological information to identify invertebrates from Australian inland waters (2nd edition) John Hawking $5.00
1 1994 A prelimminary guide to the identification of the microdile oligochaetes of Australian inland waters Adrian Pinder & Ralph Brinkhurst free download

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Disclaimer | Acknowledgements

Funding for updates to this guide was provided by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. Inital funding for this project was provided by the Department of Environment and Energy. The MDFRC Bug Guide team of John Hawking, Lyn Smith, Kathie Le Busque and Chris Davey would like to express their thanks to the Staff and Regional Co-ordinators of Waterwatch Victoria for their on-going support.