''Heteroconis ornata'' is a species of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

lacewing The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera can be grouped together with the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera in t ...

that was first described by

Günther Enderlein Günther Enderlein (7 July 1872 – 11 August 1968) was a German zoologist, entomologist, microbiologist, researcher, physician for 60 years, and later a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products. Enderlein received international renown for his ins ...

in 1905.Enderlein, G. (1905) Klassifikation der Neuropteren-familie Coniopterygidae., Zoologischer Anzeiger 29:225-227.''LDL Neuropterida Species of the World''. Oswald J.D., 2007-09-25 The species is found in Queensland and New South Wales. The species was first recorded in New Zealand in 1988, and by the late 1980s a small colony was found to be established in West Auckland.

Gallery

File:Heteroconis ornata 2.jpg, Adult Heteroconis ornata File:Heteroconis ornata larva.jpg, Heteroconis ornata larva found on a rimu tree File:Heteroconis ornata.jpg, Adult Heteroconis ornata

References

Coniopterygidae Insects described in 1905 Insects of Australia Insects of New Zealand Taxa named by Günther Enderlein {{neuroptera-stub