Froggattisca tipularia
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| Froggattisca tipularia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
| Genus: | Froggattisca |
| Species: | F. tipularia |
| Binomial name | |
| Froggattisca tipularia (Gerstaecker, 1885) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gymnocnemia tipularia Gerstaecker, 1885[1] Austrogymncicnemia tipularia (Gerstaecker, 1885)[2] | |
Froggattisca tipularia is a species of cave-dwelling[3] antlion (or Myrmeleontidae), endemic to Queensland.[4] the Northern Territory and New South Wales.[3]
The species was first described as Gymnocnemia tipularia in 1923 by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker.[4][1]
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, and differentiate this species of Froggattisca from all other cave-dwelling Froggattisca by their having no tibial spurs, and by their larvae having no setae on the ventral side of the head.[3]
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