[2] The genus was first described by Peter Esben-Petersen in 1915.

[2][3] The genus name honours W.W. Froggatt who, in 1900 at Colo Vale, NSW, collected the female specimen described by Esben-Petersen as Froggattisca pulchella.

[3] Miller and Stange describe members of the genus as not being true cave-dwelling antlions, because not all life stages are confined to caves.

[1] Froggattisca larvae are found on the floors of cave mouths in shallow dust or loose material.

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