Tridemula metabates Wygodzinsky

Figs. 20, 21

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′E Brooloo 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 Australia by the following character states: posterior lobe of the pronotum without medial tubercle on the posterior margin (Fig. 21 C), mostly stramineous laterally below carina; first segment of labium stramineous to milky.

Distribution. New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Lord Howe Island (Fig. 20).