Species Drepanacra binocula (Newman, 1838)
- Drepanepteryx binocula Newman, E. 1838. Entomological notes. Entomological Magazine. London 5: 180-181, 372-402 [400].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, unknown (not stated). - Drepanepteryx humilis McLachlan, R. 1863. On some new species of neuropterous insects from Australia and New Zealand, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae. Journal of Entomology Lond. 2: 111-116 [115].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Moreton Bay, QLD. - Drepanepteryx instabilis McLachlan, R. 1863. On some new species of neuropterous insects from Australia and New Zealand, belonging to the family Hemerobiidae. Journal of Entomology Lond. 2: 111-116 [116].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH adult sex indet., New Zealand. - Megalomus lanceolatus Gerstaecker, C.E.A. 1885. Zwei fernere Decaden Australischen Neuropteren Megaloptera. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein von Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen in Greifswald 16: 84-116 [publication dated 1884] [110].
Type data:
Holotype EMAG ♂, Australia. - Drepanacra humilis tasmanica Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. iv. The families Ithonidae, Hemerobiidae, Sisyridae, Berothidae, and the new family Trichomatidae; with a discussion of their characters and relationships, and descriptions of new and little-known genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 269-332 [300] [as Drepanacra humilis var. tasmanica].
Type data:
Status unknown, Hobart, TAS. - Drepanacra humilis longitudinalis Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. iv. The families Ithonidae, Hemerobiidae, Sisyridae, Berothidae, and the new family Trichomatidae; with a discussion of their characters and relationships, and descriptions of new and little-known genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 269-332 [300] [as Drepanacra humilis var. longitudinalis].
Type data:
Status unknown, ?BMNH, National Park, NSW and Maria Is., TAS. - Drepanacra hardyi Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. iv. The families Ithonidae, Hemerobiidae, Sisyridae, Berothidae, and the new family Trichomatidae; with a discussion of their characters and relationships, and descriptions of new and little-known genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 269-332 [301].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH adult sex indet., Hobart, TAS. - Drepanacra instabilis pallida Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. iv. The families Ithonidae, Hemerobiidae, Sisyridae, Berothidae, and the new family Trichomatidae; with a discussion of their characters and relationships, and descriptions of new and little-known genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 269-332 [301] [as Drepanacra instabilis var. pallida].
Type data:
Status unknown, ?BMNH, Hobart, TAS. - Drepanacra instabilis rubrinervis Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. iv. The families Ithonidae, Hemerobiidae, Sisyridae, Berothidae, and the new family Trichomatidae; with a discussion of their characters and relationships, and descriptions of new and little-known genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 269-332 [301] [as Drepanacra instabilis var. rubrinervis].
Type data:
Status unknown, ?BMNH, Maria Is., TAS. - Drepanacra froggatti Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. iv. The families Ithonidae, Hemerobiidae, Sisyridae, Berothidae, and the new family Trichomatidae; with a discussion of their characters and relationships, and descriptions of new and little-known genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 269-332 [302].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC adult sex indet., ?VIC. - Drepanacra norfolkensis Tillyard, R.J. 1917. Odonata, Planipennia and Trichoptera from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 529-544 [532].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Norfolk Is. - Drepanacra instabilis insularis Tillyard, R.J. 1917. Odonata, Planipennia and Trichoptera from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 529-544 [532].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA, Norfolk Island.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Tillyard, R.J. 1923. Descriptions of new species and varieties of lacewings (Order Neuroptera: Planipennia) from New Zealand, belonging to the families Berothidae and Hemerobiidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 54: 217-225 [223]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also New Zealand.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Norfolk Island
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
- New Zealand
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, volant.
Larva: arboreal, predator.
General References
New, T.R. 1975. The immature stages of Drepanacra binocula (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae), with notes on the relationships of the genus. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 247-250
New, T.R. 1984. Comparative biology of some Australian Hemerobiidae. pp. 153-166 in Gepp, J., Aspöck, H. & Hölzel, H. (eds). Progress in World's Neuropterology. Graz : published privately.
History of changes
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