New, T.R. 1996. Neuroptera. 1-104, 184 (App. III), 199-216 (Index) in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 28. Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiii 230 pp. [Date published 15 August 1996] [
Distoleon lentus from 'East Indies' (see Walker, F. 1853.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Pt 2, pp. 193–476 [346]) was reported from Queensland by Kimmins, D.E. 1957. Odonata, Neuroptera and Trichoptera.
The Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands. 2: 67–70 [69], but the identity of the specimen has not been confirmed. The species has not been diagnosed clearly and may be conspecific with
Distoleon somnolentus (Gerstaecker, 1885)]
