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Calphurnioides australis Wygodzinsky

Description

Calphurnioides australis Wygodzinsky

Figs. 2, 3

Calphurnioides australis Wygodzinsky, 1956: 208, figs 98–108

Material examined. AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 1 Ψ Kauri Creek, Tinaroo Dam, 17.2o S 145.6o E, 24 April 1970, G.B. Montheith (UQIC)

Diagnosis. Recognized by the following combination of characters: long bodied (5.2 mm); body primarily stramineous; M and Cu veins curved basal of discal cell, appearing to meet and form a basal cell, however not joined by dark pigmentation in membrane (Fig. 3); legs with distinct pigmented annulations.

Distribution. Calphurnioides australis is known from northern Queensland and the Moluccas (Fig. 2).

Notes

Published as part of Tatarnic, Nikolai J., Wall, Michael A. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2011, A systematic revision of the Australian ploiarioline thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae), pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 2762 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203726

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Reduviidae
Genus
Calphurnioides
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Wygodzinsky
Species
australis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Wygodzinsky, P. (1956) Synopsis of the Australian Emesinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). University of California Publications in Entomology, 11, 193 - 246.