Froggattisca rennerensis

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

Froggattisca rennerensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Genus: Froggattisca
Species:
F. rennerensis
Binomial name
Froggattisca rennerensis
Miller & Stange, 2012

The species was first described by Miller and Stange in 2012,[2][1] Its species epithet, rennerensis, names the species as comiing from its type locality, Mount Renner, in the Northern Territory.[1]

Miller and Stange describe this species as not being a true cave-dwelling antlion, because not all life stages are confined to caves.[1]

Description

Froggattisca rennerensis may be differentiated from other Froggattisca species using the following characters:[1]

  1. adults with
    1. forewings without markings;
    2. foreleg longer than hindleg;
    3. minute tibial spurs;
  2. larvae whose
    1. ventral head capsule has sparse tiny black setae;
    2. ventral head capsule is unmarked;
    3. ventral side of the abdomen and thorax have dark-brown markings;
    4. mandible is the same length as the head capsule.


The insect is known only from its type locality, Mount Renner.[1]

References
  1. 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. "Australian Faunal Directory: Froggattisca rennerensis Miller & Stange, 2012". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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