Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Apertochrysa edwardsi (Banks, 1940)

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Species Apertochrysa edwardsi (Banks, 1940)

  • Chrysopa edwardsi Banks, N. 1940. New Chrysopidae from Australia. Psyche (Cambridge) 47: 129-135 [131].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♀ (ex MCZ), Australian.
  • Chrysopa edwardsi puncticollis Banks, N. 1940. New Chrysopidae from Australia. Psyche (Cambridge) 47: 129-135 [132].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♀ (ex MCZ), TAS.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • New, T.R. 1980. A revision of the Australian Chrysopidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 77: 1-143 [44]

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: predator.

Adult: predator, volant.

 

General References

Boros, C.B. 1984. Descriptions of the larvae of six Australian species of Chrysopa Leach, s.l. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 833-849 [842] (biology)

New, T.R. 1982. [1983]. Aspects of the biology of Chrysopa edwardsi Banks (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) near Melbourne, Australia. Neurology International 1: 165-174 [publication dated 1981] (larval development and biology)