Biology:Froggattisca testacea

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Short description: Species of insects

Froggattisca testacea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Genus: Froggattisca
Species:
F. testacea
Binomial name
Froggattisca testacea
(Esben-Petersen, 1923)

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2584170 entry