Allanagrus aurum (Girault, 1938)

(Figs 15, 16)

Stethynium aurum Girault 1938: 388 . Type locality: Australia, Victoria, Canterbury. Stethynium aurum: Dahms 1983: 85 (type data).

Allanagrus aurum: Lin et al. 2007: 22 (generic transfer).

Type material. Holotype female (QMBA). The holotype, the only known specimen, was not studied but a photograph was examined. Girault’s (1938) description reads “ Differs from mayeri: Cephalic scutum black; first funicle a bit shorter than the pedicel, 5 as long as 3. A female from the garden, Canterbury, Victoria, B. Blackbourn, January, 1935.” The scutum is (now) brown (Fig. 16) but otherwise the brief description is correct.

Allanagrus aurum is extremely similar to A. mayeri . Two differences suggest that they should be kept as separate species—fore wing proportions and proportions of the clava. In A. aurum, fore wing length/width is almost 6.0 and clava length/width is 4.4 (length and width measurements taken from the holotype photograph) whereas in A. mayeri the corresponding length/width measurements are 5.4 and 3.7 (taken from the holotype specimen).