Froggattisca tipularia explained

Froggattisca tipularia is a species of cave-dwelling antlion (or Myrmeleontidae), endemic to Queensland.[1] the Northern Territory and New South Wales.

The species was first described as Gymnocnemia tipularia in 1923 by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker.[1] [2]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Froggattisca tipularia (Gerstaecker, 1885) . 2021-12-18. biodiversity.org.au.
  2. Gerstaecker, C.E.A. 1885. Zwei fernere Decaden Australischen Neuropteren Megaloptera. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein von Neu-Vorpommern und RĂ¼gen in Greifswald 16: 84-116 [publication dated 1884] [102].