Tridemula metabates Wygodzinsky

Tatarnic, Nikolai J., Wall, Michael A. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2011, A systematic revision of the Australian ploiarioline thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae), Zootaxa 2762, pp. 1-30 : 28

Tridemula metabates Wygodzinsky

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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 ).

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FIGURE 20. Distribution of Mesosepis and Tridemula species in Australia.

FIGURE 21. A, B. Tridemula contumax. A. Head and prothorax (colouration not shown). B. Forewing. C, D. Tridemula metabates. C. Head and prothorax (colouration not shown). D. Forewing. E, F. Tridemula pilosa. E. Head and prothorax (colouration not shown). F. Forewing.