Agrianome loriae Gestro, 1893

(Figs. 2 E–H)

Agrianome loriae Gestro, 1893: 293 . TL: Papua New Guinea. Syntypes in MSNG (not examined). Lameere 1903a: 64; Gressitt 1951: 2.

Diagnosis. A. loriae can be separated from other Agrianome species by antennomeres 3-7 having acute posterior angles; antennomere 3 being extremely long, longer than antennomeres 4 and 5 combined, and extending beyond the humeral angle of the elytra and with the ventral surface bearing dense spines (Fig. 2G).

Notes. Gressitt (1951) recorded two specimens of A. loriae from North Queensland. We were not able to examine his specimens to assess the correctness of Gressitt’s identification and we consider this record as being dubious, as we found no specimens to be A. loriae in all the Australian Agrianome specimens we have examined.

Material examined (Fig. 16A). Papua New Guinea: ANIC (8 ♂♂; 1 ♀): 2: Wau, Nov. 1978, [H. Ohlmus Coll.] ; Mandang, Oct. 1972, [H. Ohlmus Coll.] ; Mt. Sinewit, Jun. – Sep. 1963, W.W. Brandt ; Wau, Aug. 1970, [H. Ohlmus Coll.] ; Wau, Dec. 1969, [H. Ohlmus Coll.] ; Wau, Dec. 1970, [H. Ohlmus Coll.] ; Wau, Feb. 1970, [H. Ohlmus Coll.] ; Wau, May 1971, [H. Ohlmus Coll.] ; BNHM (1 ♂): Wau Ecology Institute, Jul. 1990, G.W. Becealoni ; QM (2 ♂♂): Bulolo Unitech Morobe Province, Jul. 1999, P. Bouchard ; Tikling, nr Buso Riv- er, 20 km E of Lae, Jul. 1999, D. Yeates, P. Bouchard and S. Winterton .