Known C. forsythi Localities:

North Island:
    Lake Ngaroto, South Auckland (NZ-75-1) (S. Ibarraran) 27-viii-2007 - probable hybrid (het. 6 arms)
    Potting shed pond, Taita Soil Bureau, Wellington (NZ.14.1) (D.J.Forsyth) 13-x-1972
    Potting shed pond, Taita Soil Bureau, Wellington (NZ.14.2) (D.J.Forsyth) 26-i-1973

South Island
    Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, Canterbury (NZ.2.1) (J.A.& M.M.Thomson) 31-i-1968
    Dunedin, Otago (NZ-6-1) (J.S.Pillai) 12-iii-1968
    Haast junction, Westland (NZ.67.1) (Jon Martin) Egg masses #1, #6, #8, #10
    Haast junction, Westland (NZ.67.2) (Jon Martin) 26-i-1978 (Type locality)
    Lake Hawea, Otago (NZ.48.1) (Jon & C.J. Martin) 7-i-1948
    Lake Lochie, 87km n.w. Te Anau, Fiordland (NZ.45.1) (Jon Martin) 6-i-1974
    Lake Pearson, nr Cass, Canterbury (NZ.59.1) (B.V.Timms) 12-ix-1978
    Lake Pukaki, Canterbury (NZ.33.1) (Jon Martin) 31-xii-1973
    Lake Rotoiti, Canterbury (B.V.Timms) 1978/79
    c.1 m in Lake Te Anau, Te Anau, Southland (NZ.46.2) (Jon Martin) 7-i-1974
    Lake Wakatipu, Kingston, Southland (NZ.62.1) (Jon & C.J.Martin) 21-i-1978 - could be F3.3
    Sullivans Dam, Dunedin City Council Water Dept., Otago (NZ.36.1) (Jon & C.J.Martin & T.Dodgshun) 3-i-1974

Possible new species:
    Belfast (north of Christchurch), Canterbury (NZ.54.1) (D.Matthews) 7-i-1974 (Oxidation ponds) - homozygous F2.2
    Bromley Sewage Works, Christchurch, Canterbury (NZ.7.3) (Jon Martin) 28-xii-1973 (Region 4-6 of Robb's samples) - homozygous F2.2
    Pond 3, Bromley Sewage Works, Christchurch, Canterbury (NZ.7.6) (Jon Martin) 11-i-1974 - homozygous F2.2
    Bromley, Christchurch, Canterbury (NZ.15.1) (D.J.Forsyth) 22-ii-1973 - homozygous F2.2
    Lake Brunner, Mitchell, Westland (NZ.52.2) (Jon Martin) 10-i-1974 - homozygous F2.2
    Long Point, nr. Tahakopa, Otago (NZ.5.4) (Jon Martin) 4-i-1974 - homozygous F2.2
    Bealey, 11 Km east of Arthurs Pass, (NZ.3.1) (J.A. & M.M.Thomson) 1-ii-1968 - homzygous F3.3
    Ross Creek Dam, Dunedin City Council Water Dept., Otago (NZ.39.1) (Jon Martin & T.Dodgshun) 3-i-1974 - homozygous F3.3 & 1 het. F1.3

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