Wygodzinsky, 1956 : 211
A systematic revision of the Australian ploiarioline thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)
Tatarnic, Nikolai J.
Wall, Michael A.
Cassis, Gerasimos
Zootaxa
2011
2762
1
30
58NRS
Wygodzinsky
Wygodzinsky
[151,579,1439,1465]
Insecta
Reduviidae
Tridemula
GBIF
Animalia
Hemiptera
27
28
Arthropoda
species
metabates
Tridemula metabates Wygodzinsky, 1956: 211, figs. 121–132
Material examined. AUSTRALIA: New South Wales:1 Ψ, near Mangrove Mtn., Hawkesbury District, 33.3o S 151.2o E, 27 August 1956, D. K. McAlpine (AM). Queensland:1 Ψ, 26°32′S 152°41′EBrooloo SF, S Gympie Coonoon Gibber Ck., rainforest (AM). Victoria:1 ɗ, Toorloo Arm, Lakes Entrance, 37.9o S 147.9o E, 22 July 1964, D. H. Colless ( ANIC).
Diagnosis.Recognized in Australiaby the following character states: posterior lobe of the pronotum without medial tubercle on the posterior margin ( Fig. 21C), mostly stramineous laterally below carina; first segment of labium stramineous to milky.
Distribution.New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Lord Howe Island( Fig. 20).