Antiperga Benson, 1939: 350. Type species: Perga antiopa Morice, by original designation.
Citations
Benson 1939 [distribution (range), key, key to species: 329, 350-352]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 146]; Pagliano & Scaramozzino 1990 [catalogue/checklist: 37]; Abe & Smith 1991 [systematics – classification: 8].
Antiperga antiopa (Morice)
Perga antiopa Morice, 1919: 270-271, 283. Type locality: Australia: Yallingup and Kalamunda, Western Australia. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: BMNH. Described: male, female. Illust.
Antiperga antiopa: Benson, 1939: 350. Change of combination.
Citations
Morice 1919 [illustration of female, illustration of lance/lancet, illustration of male genitalia, key: 269-270, 283, pl. xiv, fig. 16, pl. xv, figs 16, 19]; Benson 1939 [distribution (range), illustration of lance/lancet, key: 343, 351]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 146]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist].
Distribution
Australasian: Australia (Western Australia [Benson 1939, Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).
Antiperga clarki Benson
Antiperga clarki Benson, 1939: 251, 352. Type locality: Australia: Perth, Western Australia. Holotype female, by monotypy. Type depository: QMBA. Described: female.
Citations
Benson 1939 [distribution (range), key: 351]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 227]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 146]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist].
Distribution
Australasian: Australia (Western Australia [Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).
Antiperga enslini Benson
Antiperga enslini Benson, 1939: 350, 351-352. Type locality: Australia: Perth, Western Australia. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: BMNH. Described: male, female.
Citations
Benson 1939 [distribution (range), host plant, key: 350, 351-352]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 227]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist, host plant: 146]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist, host plant: 629]; Schmidt et al. 2006 [host plant: 183].
Distribution
Australasian: Australia (Western Australia [Benson 1939, Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).
Associations
Host – MYRTALES Myrtaceae: probably Melaleuca sp. [Benson 1939, Schmidt et al. 2006].
Biology
Benson (1939) mentioned that Turner observed gregarious black larvae, assumed to be this species, abundant on Melaleuca a few weeks after adults were collected at the type locality.