Austroneurorthus horstaspoecki U. Aspoeck , 2004

Aspoeck, Ulrike, Aspoeck, Horst & Liu, Xingyue, 2017, The Nevrorthidae, mistaken at all times: phylogeny and review of present knowledge (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Neuroptera), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64 (2), pp. 77-110 : 84-85

Austroneurorthus horstaspoecki U. Aspoeck, 2004 Figs 3h; 7 d–i; 15

Austroneurorthus horstaspoecki U. Aspöck, 2004: 177 (odescr); U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck 2008a (compmorphol, figs: gs male).

Type locality.

Australia (Victoria: Aucheron R.).

Male.

Forewing length 6.5-7.0 mm, hindwing length 5.5-6.0 mm.

Head yellowish. Antennae and mouthparts yellowish.

Pronotum yellowish; meso-metanotum ochre. Legs yellowish, femora on inner side with dark ovoid plate with smooth surface. Wing membrane hyaline, slightly smoky; forewing longitudinal veins yellowish, crossveins brownish, partly “shaded”. Hindwing paler than forewing, crossveins brownish.

Abdomen dorsally dark brown with yellow pattern, ventrally yellowish. Male: Gonocoxites 9 as huge plates, apically rounded, gonostyli 9 not discernible, gonapophyses 9 processus-like; ectoproct broadly rounded. Complex of gonocoxite + gonostylus + gonapophysis 10 partly amalgamated with sternite 9, forming i) a pseudoapex of the latter which is deeply forked and ii) a paired hook. Gonocoxites 11 fused into a broad plate with a large median tooth (fused gonostyli 11?).

Female.

Forewing length 7.8-9.0 mm, hindwing length 6.8-8.0 mm.

Fused gonocoxites 8 forming a broad trapezoid sclerite; gonapophyses 8 fused to triangular sclerite; gonocoxites 9 club-shaped, without distinct gonostylus.

Specimens examined and records published.

Supplementary material 1. Holotype male (by original designation): "Australia, Vic. Aucheron R. Feb.1987 Zwick" (CSIRO).

Biology and ecology.

Adults have been taken from December–February, with most specimens collected in February. There is no data concerning the vertical distribution. The larva of A. horstaspoecki is possibly known, however, it cannot be differentiated from that of A. brunneipennis (see the distribution of Austroneurorthus sp. in Fig. 15).

Distribution.

Australia (Victoria, NSW).