Species Protoplectron venustum Gerstaecker, 1885

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• Protoplectron venustum Gerstaecker, C.E.A. 1885. Vier Decaden von Neuropteren aus der Familie Megaloptera Burm. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein von Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen in Greifswald 16: 1-49 [publication dated 1884] [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype EMAG adult sex indet., Rockhampton, QLD.
• Protoplectron plicatum Navás, L. 1914. Neuroptères de Oceania. Revista de la Real Academia Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales de Madrid 12: 464-483 [466].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♀, Cape York, QLD (as Cap. York).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Esben-Petersen, P. 1920. Revision of some of the type specimens of Myrmeleonidae described by Navás and placed in the Vienna Museum. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 60: 190-196 [191]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
  • Western Australia: N coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larva: unknown.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Feb-2022		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)