Biology:Froggattisca testacea
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Short description: Species of insects
| Froggattisca testacea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Froggattisca testacea is a species of cave-dwelling[1] antlion (or Myrmeleontidae), endemic to the Northern Territory.[2]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 , Wikidata Q110156772
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Australian Faunal Directory: Froggattisca testacea (Esben-Petersen, 1923)". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Froggattisca_testacea.
- ↑ , pp. 576-592 [577], https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35067134, Wikidata Q110179117
- ↑ , p. 261-320 [296], Wikidata Q110180669
Wikidata ☰ Q2584170 entry
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