Species Austrocroce mira (McKeown, 1939)
- Croce mira McKeown, K.C. 1939. A new species of thread-winged lacewing (Family Nemopteridae, Order Neuroptera Planipennia) from Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 20: 261-263 [261].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂, Cunnamulla, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM 3♂ 3♀.
Distribution
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: cryptic, predator, terrestrial.
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae under small stones in dry areas, sluggish, prey include termites.
General References
Mansell, M.W. 1983. A revision of the Australian Crocinae (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 607-627 [614] (larval description and habits)
Tjeder, B. 1974. Taxonomic notes on species of the Crocini (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae). Entomologica Scandinavica 5: 300-304 [302]