| Froggattisca testacea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
| Genus: | Froggattisca |
| Species: | F. testacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Froggattisca testacea (Esben-Petersen, 1923) | |
Froggattisca testacea is a species of cave-dwelling antlion (or Myrmeleontidae), endemic to the Northern Territory.
The species was first described as Adeloplectron testaceum in 1923 by Peter Esben-Petersen, but was transferred to the genus, Froggattisca by Lionel Alvin Stange in 1976.
Miller and Stange describe this species (and all Froggattisca species) as not being a true cave-dwelling antlion, because not all life stages are confined to caves. The larvae of this species live in "recessed, slightly rain-protected abandoned termite galleries of termite mounds".
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