Species Distoleon somnolentus (Gerstaecker, 1885)

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• Formicaleo somnolentus 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] [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype EMAG adult sex indet., Gayndah, QLD.
• Formicaleo morpheus Kirby, W.F. 1900. Neuroptera. pp. 139-141 in Andrews, C.W. (ed.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): physical features and geology; with descriptions of the fauna and flora by numerous contributors. London : British Museum (Natural History) xiii 337 pp. [140].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult sex indet., Christmas Is.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 3 adults.
• Distoleon verticalis Banks, N. 1910. Myrmeleonidae from Australia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 3: 40-44 [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (ex MCZ), mid-QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂.
• Formicaleo thoreyi Navás, L. 1914. Neuroptères de Oceania. Revista de la Real Academia Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales de Madrid 12: 464-483 [475].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW adult sex indet., Cape York (as Cap york), QLD.
• Distoleon peterseni Navás, L. 1935. Neurópteros exóticos, 2a serie. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Arts de Barcelona 25: 37-59 [49] [replacement name for Distoleon verticalis sensu Esben-Petersen, 1918].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Cape York, QLD (as Cabo de York).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Esben-Petersen, P. 1923. Australian Neuroptera. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 576-592 [581] (Distoleon verticalis, Formicaleo thoreyi)
• New, T.R. 1991. Neuroptera from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Neurology International 6: 133-136 [134] (Formicaleo morpheus, Distoleon petersoni)

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.

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), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), 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), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin
  • Western Australia: N 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)