• Osmyloidea.

History of changes

• Neurorthini Nakahara, W. 1915. On the Hemerobiinae of Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 9: 11-48 [14] (as tribe, later raised to subfamily by Nakahara (1958)) [based on the genus Nevrorthus Costa (1863) and hence a misspelling].

Introduction

This small family was formerly included in the Sisyridae as a subfamily, but has been regarded as distinct since an appraisal by Zwick (1967). Adults closely resemble Sisyridae except that the wings are not hairy and some forewing costal crossveins are forked. Larvae are very different from those of Sisyridae: they have shorter jaws and lack ventral abdominal gills. Only one genus, Austroneurorthus Nakahara, 1958, occurs in Australia, and closely related taxa are known from Europe and Japan (Nakahara 1958). A systematic catalogue of species was given by Monserrat (1977).

Adults are found in damp habitats, often near streams, and the distinctive larvae occur in fast-flowing streams (New 1978).

As discussed by Oswald & Penny (1991), the correct original spelling of the genus on which the family is based is `Nevrorthus' not Neurorthus. Thus, the family name should properly be `Nevrorthidae'. The corrupted `Neurorthidae' is used here simply for familiarity of usage.

General References

Monserrat, V.J. 1977. A systematic and alphabetical list of Neurorthidae and Sisyridae (Neuroptera). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 7: 91-96

Nakahara, W. 1958. The Neurorthinae, a new subfamily of the Sisyridae (Neuroptera). Mushi 32: 19-32

New, T.R. 1978. Note on the habitat of the presumed larva of Austroneurorthus (Neuroptera, Neurorthidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 5: 9

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

Zwick, P. 1967. Beschreibung der aquatisch Larve von Neurorthus fallax (Rambur) und Errichtung der neuen Planipennier-Familie Neurorthidae fam.nov. Gewässer und Abwässer, Dusseldorf 44/45: 65-86

History of changes

• Austroneurorthus Nakahara, W. 1958. The Neurorthinae, a new subfamily of the Sisyridae (Neuroptera). Mushi 32: 19-32 [29].

  Type species:

   Nevrorthus brunneipennis Esben-Peterson, 1929 by original designation (Neurorthus is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Nevrorthus Costa, see (Oswald, J.D. & Penny, N.D., 1991) [43] used by almost all susequent authors).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)

General References

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

• Neurorthus brunneipennis Esben-Petersen, P. 1929. Australian Neuroptera. VI. Queensland Naturalist 7: 31-35 [33] [incorrectly spelled as Neurorthus].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC ♂, Mt Tamborine, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Austroneurorthus brunneipennis (Esben-Petersen, 1929). —
  Nakahara, W. 1958. The Neurorthinae, a new subfamily of the Sisyridae (Neuroptera). Mushi 32: 19-32 [29] (new combination as type species of the genus Austroneurorthus)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larva: aquatic, lotic, predator, rock bottom, sand bottom.

General References

Aspöck, U., Aspöck, H. & Liu, X. 2017. The Nevrorthidae, mistaken at all times: phylogeny and review of present knowledge (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Neuroptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64(2): 77-110 [88]

New, T.R. 1978. Note on the habitat of the presumed larva of Austroneurorthus (Neuroptera, Neurorthidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 5: 9

History of changes

• Austroneurorthus horstaspoecki Aspöck, U. 2004. Austroneurorthus horstaspoecki nov. spec. – eine neue Art der Familie Nevrorthidae aus Australien (Neuropterida: Neuroptera). Denisia 13: 177-182 [178].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (Feb 1987, Zwick), Aucheron River, VIC.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2 ♀, 1 larva, same data as holotype; NHMV 5 ♀ (21-24/2/1987, G. Theischinger.), Aucheron River, VIC; TCWC 1♀, 1♂ (18 Jan 1961, E. F. Riek), Brown Mt. NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southeastern NSW to eastern VIC

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Vic: South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, volant.

Larva: aquatic, freshwater, lotic, predator.

General References

Aspöck, U., Aspöck, H. & Liu, X. 2017. The Nevrorthidae, mistaken at all times: phylogeny and review of present knowledge (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Neuroptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64(2): 77-110 [90]

History of changes

Introduction

Osmylidae are diverse in Australia, and five subfamilies are represented. Two of these, the endemic Porisminae and Eidoporisminae, each contain only a single species (New 1983b). Spilosmylinae are diverse in New Guinea (New 1986a) and the two Australian species are tropical (New 1986b). The two larger subfamilies are both gondwanan. Kempyninae occur also in New Zealand and temperate South America, and Stenosmylinae are found in the latter area (Kimmins 1940; New 1983a, 1986b, 1986c, 1989). Osmylinae, widespread elsewhere in the world, appear to be absent, as is Protosmylinae.

The biology of most taxa is unknown, or inferred from fragmentary information. Porisminae and Stenosmylinae are found in eucalypt woodlands, and their larvae feed on small arthropods on and under bark. By contrast, the large Kempyninae are almost always associated with waterbodies, and adults are found occasionally in groups on rocks or under bridges near water. Their larvae have been found under stones and in leaf litter beside streams and lakes. In common with those of the European Osmylus Latreille, 1802, they may feed by probing soft mud for small prey such as dipteran larvae. Most Australian Osmylidae, at least in the south, are univoltine, with clearly defined flight periods (Smithers 1990).

General References

Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201

New, T.R. 1983a. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420

New, T.R. 1983b. Revision of the osmylid subfamilies Porisminae and Eidoporisminae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 763-770

New, T.R. 1986a. Osmylidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 855-884

New, T.R. 1986b. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Spilosmylinae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 885-889

New, T.R. 1986c. A new Australian genus of Stenosmylinae (Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Systematic Entomology 11: 447-452

New, T.R. 1990. The genus Oedosmylus Krüger (Insecta: Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 135-148 [Date published 1989]

Smithers, C.N. 1990. New records of Australian Osmylidae (Neuroptera). Australian Entomological Magazine 17: 53-56

History of changes

• Australysmus Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [197].

  Type species:

   Australysmus lacustris Kimmins, 1940 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

History of changes

• Australysmus biproctus New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [417].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀, 12 km SE Merrijig, Howqua River, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV 26♂ ♀; ANIC ♂.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Australysmus furcatus New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [417].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀, 16 km NE Apollo Bay, Carisbrook Falls, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV 2♂ ♀.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Australysmus lacustris Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [198].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Blue Lake, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Australysmus neboissi New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [415].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀, Healesville, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV 9♂ 4♀; ANIC ♂ ♀.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Carinosmylus New, T.R. 1986. A new Australian genus of Stenosmylinae (Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Systematic Entomology 11: 447-452 [447].

  Type species:

   Carinosmylus durus New, 1986 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

IBRA

ACT, NSW: 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
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin

History of changes

• Carinosmylus durus New, T.R. 1986. A new Australian genus of Stenosmylinae (Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Systematic Entomology 11: 447-452 [448].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, 30º22´S 148º50´E, Blundell's Creek, 3 km E Piccadilly Circus, ACT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

IBRA

ACT, 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
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Clydosmylus New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [408].

  Type species:

   Clydosmylus montanus New, 1983 by original designation.

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: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

History of changes

• Clydosmylus montanus New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [409].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Clyde Mtn, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂; AM ♂.

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: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Eidoporismus Esben-Petersen, P. 1917. New and little known Australian Osmylidae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 68: 1-5 [4].

  Type species:

   Eidoporismus pulchellus Esben-Petersen, 1917 by original designation.

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

History of changes

• Eidoporismus pulchellus Esben-Petersen, P. 1917. New and little known Australian Osmylidae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 68: 1-5 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Sydney, NSW.

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Euporismus Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. 2. Descriptions of new genera and species of the families Osmylidae, Myrmeleontidae and Ascalaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 41-70 [43].

  Type species:

   Euporismus albatrox Tillyard, 1916 by original designation.

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

History of changes

• Euporismus albatrox Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. 2. Descriptions of new genera and species of the families Osmylidae, Myrmeleontidae and Ascalaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 41-70 [44].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Killarney, head of Condamine R., QLD.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 3 adults sex indet.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Wiangaree State Forest.

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

General References

New, T.R. 1990. The genus Oedosmylus Krüger (Insecta: Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 135-148 [Date published 1989] [147]

Tillyard, R.J. 1916. Studies in Australian Neuroptera. No. 2. Descriptions of new genera and species of the families Osmylidae, Myrmeleontidae and Ascalaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 41-70 [44]

History of changes

• Kempynus Navás, L. 1912. Insectos neuropteros nuevos o poco conocidos. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Arts de Barcelona 10: 3-294 [191].

  Type species:

   Osmylus incisus McLachlan, 1863 by original designation (given as O. excisus (lapsus)).
• Kalosmylus Krüger, L. 1913. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Neuropteren-Familie der Osmyliden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 74: 3-294 [23] [given as O. excisus (lapsus)].

  Type species:

   Osmylus incisus McLachlan, 1863 by original designation.
• Osmylinus Banks, N. 1913. Synopses and descriptions of exotic Neuroptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39: 201-242 [Date published 26 Aug. 1913] [214].

  Type species:

   Osmylus longipennis Walker, 1853 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [189]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Southern South America.

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: SE coastal
• New Zealand

Neotropical Region

Distribution References

General References

Banks, N. 1913. Synopses and descriptions of exotic Neuroptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39: 201-242 [Date published 26 Aug. 1913]

Krüger, L. 1913. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Neuropteren-Familie der Osmyliden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 74: 3-294

Navás, L. 1912. Insectos neuropteros nuevos o poco conocidos. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Arts de Barcelona 10: 3-294

History of changes

• Kempynus acutus New, T.R. 1986. A new species of Kempynus Navás (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 327-328 [327].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, New England National Park, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4♀.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

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

• Osmylus incisus 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 [112].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Auckland, New Zealand.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2♂ 1 adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [191].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Recorded from two damaged specimens (NMV) labelled 'Queensland' but provenance unconfirmed, identity not confirmed because of lack of abdomens, also New Zealand.

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: predator, semiaquatic.

History of changes

• Kempynus kimminsi New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [405].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, National Park, QLD.
  Paratype(s) EUQ 3♂ 2♀ 1 adult sex indet.

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: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Osmylus longipennis Walker, F. 1853. List of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Part 2 (Sialidae-Neuropterides). London : British Museum pp. 193-476. [235].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult sex indet., Australia.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Kempynus maculatus New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [400].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Wollongong, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀.

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Kempynus millgrovensis New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [401].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀, Millgrove, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: predator, semiaquatic.

History of changes

• Kempynus striatus New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [407].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Lee's Spring, ACT.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

IBRA

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Kempynus thecatus New, T.R. 1983. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Kempyninae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 393-420 [403].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Brisbane, QLD.
  Paratype(s) EUQ 2♂ ♀ 2 adults sex indet.

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: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Oedosmylus Krüger, L. 1913. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Neuropteren-Familie der Osmyliden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 74: 3-294 [106].

  Type species:

   Oedosmylus tasmaniensis Krüger, 1913 by original designation (incorrect subsequent designation of Osmylus pallidus McLachland, 1863 by (Navás, L., 1917) [14]).

Distribution

States

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

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: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

History of changes

• Oedosmylus brevis New, T.R. 1990. The genus Oedosmylus Krüger (Insecta: Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 135-148 [Date published 1989] [146].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, National Park, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4♂ 4♀.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Dorrigo NP.

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Oedosmylus latipennis Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [178].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 2♂ ♀.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Oedosmylus montanus Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [179].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, National Park, QLD.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀.

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Oedosmylus nebulosus New, T.R. 1990. The genus Oedosmylus Krüger (Insecta: Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 135-148 [Date published 1989] [138].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Point Lookout, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4♂.

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Osmylus pallidus 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 [113] [as Osmylus (?) pallidus].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia.

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

• Oedosmylus parvus New, T.R. 1990. The genus Oedosmylus Krüger (Insecta: Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 135-148 [Date published 1989] [137].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Upper Murrumbidgee R., NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

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: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Oedosmylus sclerotus New, T.R. 1990. The genus Oedosmylus Krüger (Insecta: Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 135-148 [Date published 1989] [143].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 12 miles S Ravenshoe, QLD.

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

• Oedosmylus tasmaniensis Krüger, L. 1913. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Neuropteren familie der Osmyliden. II. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 74: 3-123 [26, 107] [name only p. 26].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

General References

Krüger, L. 1914. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Neuropteren familie der Osmyliden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 75: 9-130 [117] (full description)

History of changes

• Porismus McLachlan, R. 1867. New genera and species, etc. of Neuropterous insects; and a revision of Mr F. Walker's British Museum Catalogue of Neuroptera, part II (1853) as far as the end of the genus Myrmeleon. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 9: 230-281 [266].

  Type species:

   Osmylus strigatus Burmeister, 1839 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: 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), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), 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: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

History of changes

• Osmylus strigatus Burmeister, H. 1839. Neuroptera. pp. 757-1050 in Burmeister, H. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 2 805-862 pp. [984].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB depository uncertain, Australia.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: 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), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), 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: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, predator, volant.

Larva: arboreal, corticolous, predator.

General References

McLachlan, R. 1867. New genera and species, etc. of Neuropterous insects; and a revision of Mr F. Walker's British Museum Catalogue of Neuroptera, part II (1853) as far as the end of the genus Myrmeleon. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 9: 230-281 [266]

History of changes

• Spilosmylus Kolbe, H.J. 1897. Die Netzflügler Deutsch-OstAfrikas. Berlin. 1-42 pp. [34] [introduced as a subgenus of Osmylus Latreille, 1802].

  Type species:

   Osmylus tuberculatus Walker, 1853 by subsequent designation, see Navás, L. 1911. Notes sur quelques Neuroptères d'Afrique. I. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 1: 230-245 [235].
• Conchylosmylus Krüger, L. 1914. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Neuropteren familie der Osmyliden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 75: 9-130 [20].

  Type species:

   Spilosmylus aureus Navás, 1912 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Tjeder, B. 1957. The lacewings of southern Africa. 1. Introduction and families Coniopterygidae, Sisyridae and Osmylidae. South African Animal Life 6: 95-188 [172]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread, diverse in New Guinea and Indonesia.

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 Gulf
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Distribution References

History of changes

• Spilosmylus arishensis New, T.R. 1986. A revision of the Australian Osmylidae: Spilosmylinae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 885-889 [887].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, 9 miles E of El Arish, QLD.

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

• Spilosmylus triseriatus Banks, N. 1913. Synopses and descriptions of exotic Neuroptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39: 201-242 [Date published 26 Aug. 1913] [214].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ ♂, Herberton, QLD.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

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 Gulf
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

• Stenolysmus Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [172].

  Type species:

   Nymphes extraneus Walker, 1853 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

History of changes

• Nymphes extraneus Walker, F. 1853. List of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Part 2 (Sialidae-Neuropterides). London : British Museum pp. 193-476. [230].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, locality unknown.
• Stenosmylus australiensis Esben-Petersen, P. 1917. New and little known Australian Osmylidae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 68: 1-5 [1].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC ♀, Australia.
  Paratype(s) BMNH adult sex indet. (abdomen missing).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Esben-Petersen, P. 1917. New and little known Australian Osmylidae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 68: 1-5 [1]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

General References

McLachlan, R. 1867. New genera and species, etc. of Neuropterous insects; and a revision of Mr F. Walker's British Museum Catalogue of Neuroptera, part II (1853) as far as the end of the genus Myrmeleon. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 9: 230-281 [262] (as ?Myiodactylus extraneus (Walker, 1853))

History of changes

• Stenosmylus McLachlan, R. 1867. New genera and species, etc. of Neuropterous insects; and a revision of Mr F. Walker's British Museum Catalogue of Neuroptera, part II (1853) as far as the end of the genus Myrmeleon. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 9: 230-281 [267].

  Type species:

   Osmylus tenuis Walker, 1853 by subsequent designation, see Krüger, L. 1913. Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Neuropteren-Familie der Osmyliden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 74: 3-294 [106].

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, 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), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), 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: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

History of changes

• Stenosmylus stenopterus McLachlan, R. 1867. New genera and species, etc. of Neuropterous insects; and a revision of Mr F. Walker's British Museum Catalogue of Neuroptera, part II (1853) as far as the end of the genus Myrmeleon. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 9: 230-281 [267].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, SA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [170].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: arboreal, predator.

History of changes

• Osmylus tenuis Walker, F. 1853. List of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Part 2 (Sialidae-Neuropterides). London : British Museum pp. 193-476. [234].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, TAS.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [168].

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: arboreal, corticolous, predator.

General References

New, T.R. 1974. The egg and first instar larva of Stenosmylus (Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 2: 24-27

History of changes

• Stenosmylus turneri Kimmins, D.E. 1940. A revision of the osmylid subfamilies Stenosmylinae and Kalosmylinae (Neuroptera). Novitates Zoologicae 42: 165-201 [171].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Tamborine Mts, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀.

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: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: unknown.

History of changes

Introduction

Sisyridae, 'spongeflies', derive their common name from the specialised larval habit of feeding on freshwater sponges and bryozoans (Parfin & Gurney 1956). Adults are small brownish lacewings found near water; larvae are very distinctive in having ventral abdominal gills in the second and third instars and long straight jaws.

The Australian species have not been reviewed comprehensively, and the two genera recorded are both geographically widespread. A number of undescribed species were listed by Monserrat (1977). The family appears to be most diverse in the east of the continent. World species were listed by Monserrat (1977).

General References

Monserrat, V.J. 1977. A systematic and alphabetical list of Neurorthidae and Sisyridae (Neuroptera). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 7: 91-96

Parfin, S.I. & Gurney, A.B. 1956. The spongilla-flies, with special reference to those of the western hemisphere (Sisyridae, Neuroptera). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 105: 421-529

History of changes

• Sisyra Burmeister, H. 1839. Neuroptera. pp. 757-1050 in Burmeister, H. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 2 805-862 pp. [975].

  Type species:

   Hemerobius fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Banks, N. 1905. A revision of the Nearctic Hemerobiidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32: 21-51 [25] (as S. fuscata Fabr.).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread.

IBRA

Mulga Lands (ML) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), 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), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania

Distribution References

General References

Forteath,G.N.R., Purser, J. & Osborn, A.W. 2015. A new species of Sisyra Burmeister 1839 (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from Four Springs Lake and Wadley's Dam, Northern Tasmania. Austral Entomology 54(2): 217-220 [Publication was available online early from 19 September 2014. ZooBank registration was included, so nomenclature is available from that date.] (Key to Australian species)

History of changes

• Sisyra brunnea Banks, N. 1909. Hemerobiidae from Queensland, Australia. (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 11: 76-81 [76] [description based on material from Kuranda and Brisbane, QLD].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, none designated.

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: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva presumed predator on freshwater sponges.

General References

Smithers, C.N. 1973. A new species and new records of Sisyridae (Neuroptera) from Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 1: 19-22 [19] (Sisyra rufistigma Tillyard, 1916 is usually treated as a synonym of S. brunnea, but may be distinct)

History of changes

• Sisyra esbenpeterseni Handschin, E. 1935. Indo-australische Neuropteren und Mecopteren. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 42: 683-714 [699] [description based on material from 'Northern Australia'].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, none designated.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva presumed predator on freshwater sponges.

History of changes

• Sisyra nigrescens Forteath,G.N.R., Purser, J. & Osborn, A.W. 2015. A new species of Sisyra Burmeister 1839 (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from Four Springs Lake and Wadley's Dam, Northern Tasmania. Austral Entomology 54(2): 217-220 [Publication was available online early from 19 September 2014. ZooBank registration was included, so nomenclature is available from that date.].
  Zoobank Registration Number:6156B675-0C08-48FE-96D1-457902F06F2C

  Type data:

   Holotype QVM 2014:12:003 ♂, Four Springs LakeTasmania, [41°22′50.63″S, 146°50′57.27″E].
  Paratype(s) QVM 31 ♂ 30♀ (also ANIC), several localities.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)

History of changes

• Sisyra pedderensis Smithers, C.N. in Smithers, C.N., Forteath, G.N. & Osborn, A. 2008. A new species of Sisyra Burmeister (Insecta: Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from Lake Pedder, Tasmania. Australian Journal of Entomology 47: 77-79 [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype QVM ♂, Tas, Lake Pedder, Trappes Inlet (GDA 94).
  Paratype(s) 12♂ 16♀ (in QVH, AM, ANIC), same data as for holotype; 18♂ 6♀ (in QVH, AM, ANIC), Tas, Lake Pedder, Starfish Bay (GDA 94).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Lake Pedder localities.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Predator.

History of changes

• Sisyra potamophila Smithers, C.N. 2008. A new species of Sisyra Burmeister (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from the Paroo River, northwestern New South Wales. Australian Entomologist 35(2): 61-65 [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, NSW, Paroo River, Nocoleche Nature Reserve [29.84833S 144.13512E].
  Paratype(s) AM 1♂ 3♀, same data as for holotype.

Distribution

IBRA

Mulga Lands (ML)

History of changes

• Sisyra punctata Banks, N. 1909. Hemerobiidae from Queensland, Australia. (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 11: 76-81 [77] [description based on material from Bundaberg district, QLD].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, none designated.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

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 Gulf
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva presumed predator on freshwater sponges.

History of changes

• Sisyra rufistigma 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 [314].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH adult sex indet., National Park, NSW; ANIC 3♂ 1 adult sex indet.; AM 4 specimens, National Park, New South Wales.

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: aquatic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva presumed predator on freshwater sponges.

History of changes

• Sisyra turneri 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 [314].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH adult sex indet., Armidale, NSW; ANIC ♂ ♀; AM 2 specimens, Armidale, New South Wales.

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: aquatic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva presumed predator on freshwater sponges.

History of changes

• Sisyrina Banks, N. 1939. New genera and species of neuropteroid insects. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 85: 439-504 [470].

  Type species:

   Sisyrina nirvana Banks, 1939 by monotypy.

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: NE coastal

Oriental Region

• India

Distribution References

History of changes

• Sisyrina tropica Smithers, C.N. 1973. A new species and new records of Sisyridae (Neuroptera) from Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 1: 19-22 [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Lake Placid, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM ♀ (as allotype); AM 2♂.

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: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva presumed predator on freshwater sponges.

History of changes