Species Osmylops sejunctus (Walker, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nymphes sejunctus Walker, F. 1853. Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Pt 2, pp. 193-476 [230].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult sex indet., Australia.
• Osmylops schraderi Navás, L. 1928. Insectos del Museo de Hamburgo. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica de España 7: 59-138 [67].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH ♂ (?destroyed), Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• New, T.R. 1982. A revision of the Australian Nymphidae (Inssecta: Neuroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 707-750 [744]

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Flinders (FLI), 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), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: arboreal, foliage, predator.

Adult: predator, volant.

 

General References

New, T.R. 1983. Some early stages of Osmylops (Neuroptera: Nymphidae). Systematic Entomology 8: 121-126