Species Mallada albofascialis Winterton, 1995

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• Mallada albofascialis Winterton, S.L. 1995. A new species of Mallada Navás (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from Australia with a key to species. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 23-27 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Brisbane, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM 10♂ 10♀; ANIC 6♂ 4♀.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae are trash-carriers, predatory on Icerya spp. [Homoptera, Margarodidae].

 

General References

Winterton, S.L. 1995. A new species of Mallada Navás (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from Australia with a key to species. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 23-27 (larval habits)

 

History of changes

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