Biology:Froggattisca rennerensis
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Short description: Species of insect
| Froggattisca rennerensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
| Genus: | Froggattisca |
| Species: | F. rennerensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Froggattisca rennerensis Miller & Stange, 2012
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Froggattisca rennerensis is a species of cave-dwelling antlion (or Myrmeleontidae), endemic to the Northern Territory.[1][2]
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]
- adults with
- forewings without markings;
- foreleg longer than hindleg;
- minute tibial spurs;
- larvae whose
- ventral head capsule has sparse tiny black setae;
- ventral head capsule is unmarked;
- ventral side of the abdomen and thorax have dark-brown markings;
- mandible is the same length as the head capsule.
The insect is known only from its type locality, Mount Renner.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q110156595 entry
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