Chasmoptera mathewsi

Chasmoptera mathewsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Nemopteridae
Genus: Chasmoptera
Species:
C. mathewsi
Binomial name
Chasmoptera mathewsi
Koch, 1967

Chasmoptera mathewsi is an insect in the spoonwing family (Nemopteridae). found in Western Australia.

It was first described in 1967 by Lucien Everard Koch and known only the holotype, a male specimen from Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay, WA.

The adults are diurnal flying insects, and the larvae are predatory.


References

  1. ↑ "Chasmoptera mathewsi Kirby 1967 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Australian Faunal Directory: Chasmoptera mathewsi". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Koch, Lucien Everard (1967). "The genus Chasmoptera (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae), with the description of a new species from Western Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 36 (9–10): 137–146. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1967.tb00551.x. Wikidata Q99973181.