Open AccessTHE AUSTRALIAN MOTH‐LACEWINGS (NEUROPTERA: ITHONIDAE)
Author(s) -
Riek E. F.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1974.tb02289.x
Subject(s) - neuroptera , biology , ecology , zoology , larva
Abstract The fourteen Australian species of Ithonidae are referred to three genera. Because the origin of Rs is variable, Heterithone Tillyard is synoymized with Ithone Newman. Megalithone gen. n. is erected for Heterithone megacerca Tillyard (type species) and M. tillyardi sp. n., from south‐eastern Australia. Varnia perloides Walker and V. implexa (Navás), from inland and south‐western Australia are recognised as valid species. The ten species of Ithone Newman are distributed over coastal southern Australia and Tasmania. The following new species are described: J. neopallida sp. n.; I. falcata sp. n.; I. karoondensis sp. n.; I. gracilis sp. n.; I. westraliensis sp. n.; I. burrensis sp. n.; I. wilsoni sp. n.