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Slender Brown Lacewing -  ? Froggattisca tipularia

Family Myrmeleontidae

This page contains pictures and information about Slender Brown Antlions that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 40mm
 
We think this is a  Froggattisca tipularia but not very sure.
 
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Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 541.
2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p323. 
3. A revision of the Australian Myrmeleontidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). II. New, T.R. (1985) Dendroleontini. Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. 105: 1-170
 
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Last updated: June 09, 2012.