Gnathifera queenslandi (Gaedike, 1968)

(Figs 9, 25)

Ochromolopis queenslandi Gaedike, 1968: 611, figs 21–22;

Gnathifera queenslandi (Gaedike, 1968): Gaedike, 1978: 208.

Material studied. New South Wales: 1 ♂, Fitzroy Falls, 2.iii.1973, leg. V. J. Robinson, SDEI , 1 ♀, Barren Grounds Fauna Res., 27.vii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC , Tasmania: 1 ♂, Oyster Cave, 147°17'E, 43°06'S, 18.x.1981, leg. P. B. McQuillan, ANIC , Western Australia: 1 ♀, 33°36'S, 115°49'E, 3km S by W of Donnybrook, 28.iv.1983, leg. E. S. Nielsen & E. D. Edwards, ANIC .

Distribution. New South Wales, Queensland (Gaedike, 1968), Tasmania (first record), Western Australia (first record).

Bionomics. The early stages and host plants are unknown.

The description of the female genitalia is presented for the first time (Fig. 25):

Ventral arms of anterior apophyses broadened, the inside edge covered with minute thorns; ductus bursae at ostium with strongly sclerotized ring; surface of corpus bursae covered with minute sclerotized dots, signum small, with some minute triangular thorns.