Introduction

The Neuroptera, or Planipennia, are archaic endopterygotes closely related to Megaloptera and Raphidioptera. One of the smaller orders of higher insects, lacewings and their allies comprise about 5000 described species, of which more than 600 occur in Australia. Lacewings are widespread, although some families are very restricted in range.

Most Neuroptera are terrestrial, although some (Sisyridae, Neurorthidae, some Osmylidae) have aquatic or semiaquatic larvae. Many undergo more than one generation each year. With few exceptions, larvae are predators, and they range from generalised polyphagous feeders on small invertebrates to highly specialised and specific feeders. Most larvae are active and campodeiform, but a few (Ithonidae, Mantispidae) are sedentary. They feed by piercing food; and their elongated mandibles and maxillae, and are associated closely to form a sucking tube. Pupae are decticous and exarate, usually formed within a silken cocoon. The adults are mandibulate, almost all are active flyers and many are attracted to lights, though some species are diurnal. Most are predators, but some feed on honeydew or plant exudates or pollen, either solely or as part of a wider diet incorporating animal food. General accounts of the order are given by New (1986, 1989), and the main features of the Australian fauna are summarised by New (1991). A catalogue of the genus-group names of the order (Oswald & Penny 1991) provides much useful bibliographical information, and features of larvae of the various families are summarised by Gepp (1984).

The Australian fauna includes many of the more archaic groups of Neuroptera, and the level of endemism is very high. Fourteen families are represented. Nymphidae, Ithonidae, Myrmeleontidae: Stilbopteryginae, and some groups of Osmylidae are restricted (or almost restricted) to the region. Three families (Rapismatidae, Dilaridae, Polystoechotidae) and the Coniopterygidae: Brucheiserinae (sometimes treated as a distinct family, Brucheiseridae) are absent. The predominant family in Australia is the Myrmeleontidae, antlions, reflecting the large arid and semiarid areas of the country. Many groups, especially in the north, have strong affinities with the New Guinea and Oriental Region fauna.

The pioneering workers on Australian Neuroptera include P. Esben-Petersen and R.J. Tillyard in the early decades of this century, and both contributed substantially to consolidating knowledge from earlier fragmentary descriptions of the fauna. D.E. Kimmins also produced significant studies before the more recent period of interest and activity which commenced through the studies of E.F. Riek. As a result of revisionary studies of most families during the last two decades, adults are now tolerably well-known, and the relevant papers are cited under the individual family accounts. However, biological information remains fragmentary, even for those families (Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae, Coniopterygidae) whose members may be of considerable value as biological control agents of pests on crops.

Higher Classification
Many aspects of the higher classification of Neuroptera are by no means clear. The arrangement of families in this work follows that of New (1991), Engel et al. (2018) and Jones (2019), with the sequence and superfamily arrangement as in Table 1.

Table 1.
Tentative superfamily arrangement of neuropteran families recorded in Australia. An alternative placement for Psychopsidae is in Myrmeleontoidea.

Superfamily: Coniopterygoidea
Coniopterygidae

Superfamily: Ithonoidea
Ithonidae

Superfamily: Osmyloidea
Osmylidae
Neurorthidae
Sisyridae

Superfamily: Mantispoidea
Berothidae
Mantispidae

Superfamily: Hemerobioidea
Hemerobiidae
Chrysopidae

Superfamily: Myrmeleontoidea
Nymphidae
Myrmeleontidae
Ascalaphidae
Nemopteridae

Superfamily: Psychopsoidea
Psychopsidae

Acknowledgements

The Catalogue (New 1996), from which this database is derived, was compiled with the support of funding from the ABRS. I am very grateful to Mrs T. Carpenter, who helped substantially in compiling the initial files and to Dr A. Wells for much patient editorial help and advice. Dr C.N. Smithers (Sisyridae), Dr U. Aspöck and Prof. Dr H. Aspöck (Berothidae), Mr S. Brooks (Chrysopidae) and Dr K. Lambkin (Mantispidae) kindly supplied information in response to my queries. The illustrations in the Catalogue, from The Insects of Australia (New 1991), were reproduced with permission from CSIRO and Melbourne University Press. I greatly appreciate the valuable comments of the following referees: Mr S. Brooks, Dr J.D. Oswald and Dr C.N. Smithers.

Database Notes

The information on the Australian Faunal Directory site for the Neuroptera is derived from the Zoological Catalogue of Australia database compiled on the Platypus software program. It incorporates changes made to the work published on 15 August 1996 as (New, T.R., 1996)

Limital Area

Distribution data in the Directory is by political and geographic region descriptors and serves as a guide to the distribution of a taxon. For details of a taxon's distribution, the reader should consult the cited references (if any) at genus and species levels.

Australia is defined as including Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is., Cocos (Keeling) Ils, Christmas Is., Ashmore and Cartier Ils, Macquarie Is., Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard and McDonald Ils, and the waters associated with these land areas of Australian political responsibility. Political areas include the adjacent waters.

Terrestrial geographical terms are based on the drainage systems of continental Australia, while marine terms are self explanatory except as follows: the boundary between the coastal and oceanic zones is the 200 m contour; the Arafura Sea extends from Cape York to 124 DEG E; and the boundary between the Tasman and Coral Seas is considered to be the latitude of Fraser Island, also regarded as the southern terminus of the Great Barrier Reef.

Distribution records, if any, outside of these areas are listed as extralimital. The distribution descriptors for each species are collated to genus level. Users are advised that extralimital distribution for some taxa may not be complete.

General References

Engel, M.S., Winterton, S.L. & Breitkreuz, L.C.V. 2018. Phylogeny and Evolution of Neuropterida: Where Have Wings of Lace Taken Us? Annual Review of Entomology 63: 531-551

Gepp, J. 1984. Erforschungsstand der Neuropteren-Larven der Erde. pp. 183-239 in Gepp, J., Aspöck, H. & Hölzel, H. (eds). Progress in World's Neuropterology. Graz : published privately.

Jones, R.J. 2019. Total‐evidence phylogeny of the owlflies (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) supports a new higher‐level classification. Zoologica Scripta 48: 761–782

New, T.R. 1986. A review of the biology of the Neuroptera Planipennia. Neur. Int., Suppl. 1.

New, T.R. 1989. Planipennia. Lacewings. pp. 1-132 in Fischer, M. (ed.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Berlin : W. de Gruyter Vol. 4(30).

New, T.R. 1991. Neuroptera. Lacewings. pp. 525-542 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp.

New, T.R. 1996. Neuroptera. 1-104, 184 (App. III), 199-216 (Index) in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 28. Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiii 230 pp. [Date published 15 August 1996]

Oswald, J.D. & Penny, N.D. 1991. Genus-group names of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of the world. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 147: 1-94

History of changes

• Conioptergyoidea.

History of changes

Introduction

The 'dusty wings', or Coniopterygidae, are the smallest Neuroptera, and most species have wingspans of only 4—6 mm. Adults have reduced venation and gain their common name from the white or grey waxy covering on the wings and body. Coniopterygidae are predominantly arboreal.

Two subfamilies are widely distributed and occur in Australia. Coniopteryginae includes representatives of the widespread genus Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834 and the near-endemic Neosemidalis Enderlein, 1930. Heteroconis Enderlein, 1905, the major genus of Aleuropteryginae, is also diverse in New Guinea (New 1990) and the Oriental Region. Brucheiserinae do not occur in Australia. The world fauna has been monographed by Meinander (1972, 1990), and information on all described Australian taxa is included in those accounts. Very little biological information is available on Australian species and many are known only from few specimens.

General References

Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357

Meinander, M. 1990. The Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera, Planipennia). A check-list of the species of the world, descriptions of new species and other new data. Acta Zoologica Fennica 189: 1-95

New, T.R. 1990. The genus Heteroconis Enderlein (Insecta: Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in New Guinea. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 665-684

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Kis, B. 1969. Genul Coniopteryx Curt. (Neuroptera) în România. Comunicari de Zoologie II(a): 35-41 [39]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA

ACT, 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau
• Hawaii

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

History of changes

• Coniopteryx Curtis, J. 1834. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland : containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London : John Curtis Vol. 11 pls 482-529. [text to pl. 528].

  Type species:

   Coniopteryx tineiformis Curtis, 1834 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

History of changes

• Coniopteryx (Coniopteryx) lobata Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [266].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Bobbin Head, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

General References

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 [34] (misidentified as Coniopteryx maculithorax Enderlein, 1906)

History of changes

• Protoconiopteryx Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [231] [introduced as a subgenus of Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834].

  Type species:

   Coniopteryx australis Meinander, 1972 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Western Australia: W plateau

History of changes

• Coniopteryx australis Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [231].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 20 [miles] SW Port Augusta, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

W plateau.

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: nothing known.

History of changes

• Xeroconiopteryx Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [203] [nom. nov. for Aspoeckiana Kis, in Kis, Nagler & Mandru, 1970].
• Aspoeckiana Kis, B., in Kis, B., Nagler, C. & Mandru, C. 1970. Insecta, Neuroptera. Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania 8(6): 1-343 [84] [introduced as a subgenus of Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834; junior homonym of Aspoeckiana Hölzel, 1969].

  Type species:

   Coniopteryx loipetsederi Aspöck, 1963 by original designation (as loispetsederi).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, 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), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), 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), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
• Hawaii

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

History of changes

• Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) laticornis Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [210].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂, Mosman, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Coniopteryx maculithorax Enderlein, G. 1906. Monographie der Coniopterygiden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 23: 173-242 [204].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♀, Springwood, NSW.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larva: arboreal.

General References

Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [205]

History of changes

• Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) occidentalis Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [206].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 10 (miles) S Geraldton, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), 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), 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 Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) orientalis Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [208].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ ♂, McPherson Range, QLD.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) squamifera Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [215].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Kimberley Research Station, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) tillyardi Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [208].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Roma, QLD.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Cryptoscenea Enderlein, G. 1914. Ueber zwei neue afrikanische Coniopterygiden. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 8: 225-227 [226].

  Type species:

   Helicoconis australiensis Enderlein, 1906 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), 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), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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), Pine Creek (PCK), 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), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: NW coastal
• New Zealand

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Distribution References

History of changes

• Cryptoscenea antennalis Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [106].

  Type data:

   Holotype UZMH ♂, Brisbane, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Helicoconis australiensis Enderlein, G. 1906. Monographie der Coniopterygiden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 23: 173-242 [232].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♀ (represented by one pair of wings and one antenna, on slide), Sydney (as Sidney), NSW.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Kermadec Islands, New Zealand (introduced).

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
• New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larva: arboreal.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae predatory on Pseudococcidae [Homoptera].

General References

Kimmins, D.E. & Wise, K.A.J. 1962. A record of Cryptoscenea australiensis (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in New Zealand, with a re-description of the species. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 2: 35-39

History of changes

• Cryptoscenea evansorum Smithers, C.N. 1984. The Neuroptera of Barrow and nearby islands off the west coast of Western Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 11: 61-68 [62].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, Barrow Island, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM ♀.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Cryptoscenea obscurior Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [110].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Mt Majura, ACT.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Heteroconis Enderlein, G. 1905. Klassifikation der Neuropteren - Familie Coniopterygidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 29: 225-227 [226].

  Type species:

   Heteroconis ornata Enderlein, 1905 by original designation.
• Niphadicera Withycombe, C.L. 1925. A contribution towards a monograph of the Indian Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera). Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, India 9: 1-20 [6].

  Type species:

   Malacomyza terminalis Banks, 1913 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [59]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Throughout Indonesia.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), 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), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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), Pine Creek (PCK), 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), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, SW coastal
• New Zealand

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Distribution References

General References

Enderlein, G. 1905. Klassifikation der Neuropteren - Familie Coniopterygidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 29: 225-227

History of changes

• Heteroconis argylensis New, T.R. 1987. A new species of Heteroconis Enderlein (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) from Western Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 14: 1-3 [1].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, Argyle Diamond Mine, via Kununurra, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Heteroconis enderleini Meinander, M. 1972. A revision of the family Coniopterygidae (Planipennia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 136: 1-357 [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Geehi, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Heteroconis maculata Meinander, M. 1969. The genus Heteroconis Enderlein, 1905 (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae). Notulae Entomologicae 49: 49-68 [57].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Dalley R., Tara (sic), QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Heteroconis nigricornis Meinander, M. 1969. The genus Heteroconis Enderlein, 1905 (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae). Notulae Entomologicae 49: 49-68 [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♀ (represented by one pair of wings, one hindleg and one antenna, slide-mounted), Springwood, NSW.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Heteroconis nigripennis Meinander, M. 1969. The genus Heteroconis Enderlein, 1905 (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae). Notulae Entomologicae 49: 49-68 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Nedlands, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, 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), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), 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), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Heteroconis ornata Enderlein, G. 1905. Klassifikation der Neuropteren - Familie Coniopterygidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 29: 225-227 [226].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB ♀, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Meinander, M. 1969. The genus Heteroconis Enderlein, 1905 (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae). Notulae Entomologicae 49: 49-68 [56].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

Extra Ecological Information

Males have been captured at light.

General References

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 [36] (misidentified as Heteroconis varia Enderlein, 1906)