Froggattisca testacea

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Froggattisca testacea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Genus: Froggattisca
Species:
F. testacea
Binomial name
Froggattisca testacea

Froggattisca testacea is a species of cave-dwelling [1] antlion (or Myrmeleontidae), endemic to the Northern Territory. [2]

The species was first described as Adeloplectron testaceum in 1923 by Peter Esben-Petersen, [2] [3] but was transferred to the genus, Froggattisca by Lionel Alvin Stange in 1976. [4]

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. [1] The larvae of this species live in "recessed, slightly rain-protected abandoned termite galleries of termite mounds". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Froggattisca testacea (Esben-Petersen, 1923)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ↑ P. Esben-Petersen (1923). "Australian Neuroptera. Part IV". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 48: 576-592 [577]. ISSN   0370-047X. Wikidata   Q110179117.
  4. ↑ 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 [296]. ISSN   0065-1729. Wikidata   Q110180669.
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