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Species Calomantispa spectabilis Banks, 1913

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Species Calomantispa spectabilis Banks, 1913

  • Calomantispa spectabilis Banks, N. 1913. Synopses and descriptions of exotic Neuroptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39: 201-248 [210].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♂ (ex MCZ), Herberton, QLD.
    Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ (ex MCZ).
  • Calomantispa spectabilis nigrata Banks, N. 1913. Synopses and descriptions of exotic Neuroptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39: 201-248 [210] [as Calomantispa spectabilis var. nigrata Banks, 1913].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♀ (ex MCZ), Herberton, QLD.
  • Calomantispa spectabilis maculata Banks, N. 1913. Synopses and descriptions of exotic Neuroptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39: 201-248 [210] [as Calomantispa spectabilis var. maculata Banks, 1913].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♀ (ex MCZ), Herberton, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Lambkin, K.J. 1986. A revision of the Australian Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) with a contribution to the classification of the family. II. Calomantispinae and Mantispinae. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 117: 1-113 [4]

 

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

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

Larva: unknown.

Adult: predator, volant.