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T.R. New La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Introduction

The brown lacewings are generally small, rather plain insects associated with trees, shrubs or low vegetation. Most Australian species seem not to be very common, and only Micromus tasmaniae Walker, 1860 and Drepanacra binocula (Newman, 1838) are encountered frequently, the latter mainly in the east of the country.

Larvae are active predators and those of Micromus tasmaniae Walker, 1860 are important consumers of aphids and other pests on orchard and field crops.

The Australian species, reviewed by New (1988), have strong affinity with those of New Guinea (New 1989). The taxonomic arrangement adopted here follows the recent global generic revision of the family by Oswald (1993), and a checklist of species was provided by Monserrat (1990).

 

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)