Species Mestressa subfasciata (Banks, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acanthaclisis subfasciata Banks, N. 1913. New exotic neuropteroid insects. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 15: 137-143 [141].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (ex MCZ), Kuranda, QLD.
• Mestressa misera Navás, L. 1914. Neuroptères de Oceania. Revista de la Real Academia Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales de Madrid 12: 464-483 [465].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀ (sex not stated in text of description, but '♀' in figure legend), Raffles Bay, NT (as Australia sept., Rafles Bay).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Esben-Petersen, P. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–13. 18. Neuroptera and Mecoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 11: 1-37 [22]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

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)