Menestheus cuneatus Distant, 1899

Menestheus cuneatus Distant, 1899: 431 (original description).

Menestheus cuneatus: Bergroth (1908): 157 (catalog); Kirkaldy (1909): 181 (catalog); Distant (1910): 469 (redescription); Gross (1975): 177 (redescription); Cassis & Gross (2001): 451 (catalog, distribution).

Type material. ST(S) (♀), Australia, Peak Downs, BMNH.

Material examined. Australia, QLD, Millestone, 24-XII-1964, leg. G. Monteith, 2♀♀, 2♂♂ ; Australia, N. QLD. Kowanyama, 7-I-1977, leg. D. L. Hancock, 1 ♀ [QUMC] Australia, Bogom, 1♀ [QUMC] ; Australia, QLD, Bowen, leg. A. Simson, 1♂ [SAMC] ; Australia, rest illegible, 1♂ [SAMC] .

Diagnosis. Body with dark punctures, contrasting with general coloration, body shape elongate, ovate (2.53 times longer than wide) (Fig. 2). Head wide, elongate (1.33 times longer than wide) (Fig. 4). Basal foveae of scutellum large, well developed. Spiracles black. Emargination of male pygophore wide (Fig. 8), male parameres, each with apical lobe elongate, sharp (Fig. 15). Female paratergites VIII and IX small, elongate (Fig. 11).

Distribution. Australia: Queensland (Gross, 1975; Cassis & Gross, 2002; this contribution), Victoria (Gross, 1975). Records given by Cassis & Gross (2002) for M. cuneatus from Daly and McArthur rivers and Mornington Island probably belong to M. mcphersoni .