A second species of Apteropanorpa carpenter from Tasmania (Mecoptera : Apteropanorpidae)

Apteropanorpa evansi, sp. n., from the Central Plateau of Tasmania, is desc ribed and several of its taxonomically useful characters are illustrated. I t is compared with Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter, the only other specie s in the family Apteropanorpidae. Some characters used by Carpenter are re evaluated, and probable generic characters are derived from the description s of both species. What little is known of the biology and distribution of the genus is summarised, and convergent similarities in morphology and biol ogy with the Northern Hemisphere Boreidae are noted. Tasmania probably harb ours further undescribed Apteropanorpa spp.