Heoclisis fulva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Genus: Heoclisis
Species:
H. fulva
Binomial name
Heoclisis fulva
Synonyms[1][2]

Acanthaclisis fulva Esben-Petersen, 1912
Acanthaclisis peterseni Tillyard, 1916

Heoclisis fulva is a species of cave-dwelling[3] antlion (or Myrmeleontidae), found in Australia, in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.[1]

The species was first described as Acanthaclisis fulva in 1912 by Peter Esben-Petersen.[1][4]

Miller and Stange describe this species as not being a true cave-dwelling antlion, because not all life stages are confined to caves.[3]

Description

H. fulva is the largest Heoclisis in Australia, with an adult body length of 45 - 55 mm, forewing length of 53 - 74 mm, and hindwing 48 - 76 mm.[3] The body, wings, face, antenna and abdomen are a yellowish-brown.[3] The face, femur and tibia have white hairs.[3] The larvae are pinkish and live on the floors of caves in areas which are protected from both sun and rain and where the sustrate is large and deep enough to allow large antlion larvae to roam.[3] It is thought that the larvae feed on other antlion larvae.[3] The larvae do not make pitfall traps.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Heoclisis fulva (Esben-Petersen, 1912)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ↑ TR New (1985). "A revision of the Australian Myrmeleontidae (Insecta : Neuroptera). III.* Distoleontini and Acanthaclisinae". Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplementary Series. 33 (106): 1-159 [56]. doi:10.1071/AJZS106. ISSN 0310-9089. Wikidata Q54643490.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Robert B. Miller; Lionel A. Stange (2012). "The cave mouth antlions of Australia (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)". Insecta Mundi. 0250: 1–65. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5174820. ISSN 0749-6737. Wikidata Q110156772.
  4. ↑ P. Esben-Petersen (1912). "A few new Neuroptera Planipennia". Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg. 1: 267-273 [269]. doi:10.5962/BHL.PART.25900. ISSN 0044-5223. Wikidata Q56013375.
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