Species Austrocroce mira (McKeown, 1939)

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Species Austrocroce mira (McKeown, 1939)

Croce mira McKeown, K.C. 1939. A new species of thread-winged lacewing (Family Nemopteridae, Order Neuroptera Planipennia) from Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 20: 261-263 [261].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂, Cunnamulla, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM 3♂ 3♀.

Distribution

States

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

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: cryptozoic, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae under small stones in dry areas, sluggish, prey include termites.

General References

Mansell, M.W. 1983. A revision of the Australian Crocinae (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 607-627 [614] (larval description and habits)

Tjeder, B. 1974. Taxonomic notes on species of the Crocini (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae). Entomologica Scandinavica 5: 300-304 [302]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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