Austroneurorthus brunneipennis (Esben-Petersen, 1929)

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

Austroneurorthus brunneipennis (Esben-Petersen, 1929) Figs 3g; 7 a–c; 15

Neurorthus brunneipennis Esben-Petersen, 1929: 33 (odescr, fig: wings).

Austroneurorthus brunneipennis (Esben-Petersen, 1929): Nakahara 1958 (nom, charact, figs: wings, gs male, female); U. Aspöck and H. Aspöck 2007 (Fig: distrmap).

Type locality.

Australia (Queensland: Tamborine Mt.).

Male.

Forewing length 7.0-8.0 mm, hindwing length 6.0-7.0 mm.

Head yellowish. Antennae and mouthparts yellowish.

Pronotum yellowish; meso-metanotum ochre. Legs yellowish. Wing membrane hyaline, in the original description it is characterised as "yellowish tinged; but the apical margin narrowly brownish shaded" (available material was, however, rather faded); forewing longitudinal veins brownish yellow, crossveins brownish, slightly shaded; hindwing paler than forewing, veins pale yellow.

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 gonocoxites + gonostyli + gonapophyses 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 big median tooth.

Female.

Forewing length 8.5 mm, hindwing length 8 mm.

Fused gonocoxites 8 forming a broad trapezoid sclerite; gonocoxites 9 club-shaped, without distinct gonostyli.

Specimens examined and records published.

Supplementary material 1. Holotype male (by original designation): Australia: Queensland, "Tambourine Mt. 5/11/1928 (L. Franzen leg.)" (CSIRO).

Biology and ecology.

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

Distribution.

Australia (NSW, Queensland).