Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Sisyra brunnea Banks, 1909

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Species Sisyra brunnea Banks, 1909

  • 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

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: aquatic, predator.

Adult: volant.

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)