Froggattisca testacea is a species of cave-dwelling[1] antlion (or Myrmeleontidae), endemic to the Northern Territory.[2]
| Froggattisca testacea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
| Genus: | Froggattisca |
| Species: | F. testacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Froggattisca testacea (Esben-Petersen, 1923)
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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]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Froggattisca testacea (Esben-Petersen, 1923)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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