Froggattisca testacea explained

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

The species was first described as Adeloplectron testaceum in 1923 by Peter Esben-Petersen,[1] [2] but was transferred to the genus, Froggattisca by Lionel Alvin Stange in 1976.[3]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Froggattisca testacea (Esben-Petersen, 1923) . 2021-12-18. biodiversity.org.au.
  2. 576-592 [577]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35067134.
  3. 261-320 [296].