Chasmoptera mathewsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | Nemopteridae |
Genus: | Chasmoptera |
Species: | C. mathewsi
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Binomial name | |
Chasmoptera mathewsi Koch, 1967
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Chasmoptera mathewsi is an insect in the spoonwing family (Nemopteridae).[1] found in Western Australia.[2]
It was first described in 1967 by Lucien Everard Koch[2][3] and known only the holotype, a male specimen from Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay, WA.[2]
The adults are diurnal flying insects,[2] and the larvae are predatory.[2]