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).