Froggattisca tipularia

Froggattisca tipularia is a species of cave-dwelling[3] antlion (or Myrmeleontidae), endemic to Queensland.[4] the Northern Territory and New South Wales.[3]

Froggattisca tipularia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Genus: Froggattisca
Species:
F. tipularia
Binomial name
Froggattisca tipularia
(Gerstaecker, 1885)
Synonyms

Gymnocnemia tipularia Gerstaecker, 1885[1] Austrogymncicnemia tipularia (Gerstaecker, 1885)[2]

The species was first described as Gymnocnemia tipularia in 1923 by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker.[4][1]

Miller and Stange describe this species (and all Froggattisca species) as not being a true cave-dwelling antlion, because not all life stages are confined to caves, and differentiate this species of Froggattisca from all other cave-dwelling Froggattisca by their having no tibial spurs, and by their larvae having no setae on the ventral side of the head.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gerstaecker, C.E.A. 1885. Zwei fernere Decaden Australischen Neuropteren Megaloptera. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein von Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen in Greifswald 16: 84-116 [publication dated 1884] [102].
  2. ^ Lionel Alvin Stange (1976). "Clasificacion y catalogo mundial de la tribu Dendroleontini con la redescripcion del genero Voltor Navas" (PDF). Acta Zoológica Lilloana (in Spanish). XXXI (17): 261-320 [303]. ISSN 0065-1729. Wikidata Q110180669.
  3. ^ a b c Robert B. Miller; Lionel A. Stange (2012). "The cave mouth antlions of Australia (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)". Insecta Mundi. 0250: 1–65. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5174820. ISSN 0749-6737. Wikidata Q110156772.
  4. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Froggattisca tipularia (Gerstaecker, 1885)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 18 December 2021.