LACEWINGS AND AQUATIC INSECTS OF 
NEW ZEALAND 
4. New records and further distributions for Neuroptera 
K.A.J.WISE 
AUCKLAND INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM 
Abstract. An Australian species of Hemerobiidae has recently been described 
and the species is now recorded for New Zealand. A further northern record is 
given for an endemic Hemerobiid species. A species of Coniopterygidae and 
one of Chrysopidae are each recorded from a single specimen. 
An Australian Hemerobiid species, known in New Zealand for many years, 
has now been described in Australia and the species is subsequently retorded by 
name here. Northern occurrences of an endemic Hemerobiid species are discussed. 
Two other species a Coniopterygid and a Chrysopid are each recorded from 
one specimen collected recently. 
Specimens are in Auckland Museum (AMNZ), National Museum, Wellington 
(NMNZ) and the Arthropod Collection in Entomology Division, D.S.LR., 
Auckland (NZAC). 
Family CONIOPTERYGIDAE 
Genus Heteroconis Enderlein, 1905 
Heteroconis Enderlein, 1905, Zool. Anz. 29: 226. 
Heteroconis ornata Enderlein, 1905 
Heteroconis ornata Enderlein, 1905, Zool. Anz. 29: 226. 
NZAC. Auckland, Lynfield, in house at night, 25. VII.1988 (1c’), B.A. Holloway. 
This Australian species is recorded by Meinander (1969, 1972) from New 
South Wales and Queensland. He also noted (1972) that males have been taken at 
light and that immatures were unknown. Consequently, it is not known if this live 
specimen indicates a species established in New Zealand or an importation (see 
Chrysopa sp. below). 
Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus.25: 181-184 19 December 1988 
