Phrudoneura abbreviata Meuffels & Grootaert

(Figs 1 a, 2, 4a)

Sympycnus (Phrudoneura) abbreviatus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1987: 321 . Phrudoneura abbreviata: (Meuffels & Grootaert, 1997: 289)

Type material. Phrudoneura abbreviata was described from specimens (IRSN, not seen) collected in June 1982, in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Additional material. AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory: 3, 3 Ƥ, Baroalba Creek Springs, 19 km NE by E of Mt Cahill, 13.VI.1973, Colless; 3, 16 km E by N of Mt Cahill, 16.XI.1972, Colless (ANIC); 3, Palmerston, Yarawonga Ck, 15.I.1985, Liehne (AMS); 3, Berry Springs, monsoon vine thicket, Malaise trap, 30.X.-4.XI.1991 (AMS). Queensland: 5 3 8 Ƥ, Bramston Beach, nr. Innisfail, 30.IV.1967, rainforest fringe, Colless; Ƥ, Moses Ck, 4 km N by E of Mt Finnigan, 16.X.1980, Colless; 3, 1.1 km ENE of Mt Tozer, 12°43’S 143°18’E, 11–16.VII.1986, Malaise, Colless; Ƥ, Mt Webb NP, 3 km NE of Mt Webb, 15.03°S 45.09°E, 2.X.1980, Colless; 3, Ƥ, Bamboo Ck N of Mossman, 25.IV.1967, Colless; 3, 10 miles S of Daintree, 25.IV.1967, Colless; Ƥ, 12 km SE of Daintree, 22.XI.1981, Colless (all ANIC); 3 3, 4 Ƥ, Torres Strait, Badu Island, 10.1°S 142.1°E, 1–4.VII.2008, T. Nona; 3, Ƥ, Mareeba Wetlands, 12°56’33’°S 145°21’38”S, 406 m, 25–26.III.2007, marsh, yellow pan trap, Bickel (both AMS); Bamaga, 10.53°S 142.24°E, 5–12.XII.1986, Malaise trap, Houston & Sadler (QDPI). PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Louisiade Arch, Misima: 3, Bwagaoia, 0–10 m, 3–4.III.1972, Gagne (BPBM). SOLOMON ISLANDS: Rennell: 3, Niupan, 28.VIII.1962, Noona Dan (ZMUC); Ƥ, Hutuna, 18.III.-3.IV.1965, Wolff (ZMUC); New Georgia Group, Kolombangara: 3, Gizo, 0–140 m, XII.1980, Krauss; 3, Iriri, 10 m, 4.VII.1964, Krauss; Guadalcanal, Tadhimbko, 0–50 m, XII.1975, Krauss. Santa Isabel: 3, SE Tatamba, 0–50 m, 31.VIII.1964, Straatmann (BPBM).

Remarks. Phrudoneura abbreviata occurs from the Solomon Islands though the Papuan region and into tropical Queensland and the Northern Territory (Fig. 2). This pattern of species distribution, from the Solomon Islands through New Guinea, along the Cape York Peninsula and across to Arnhem Land is found in a number of tropical Australasian species (e.g., see maps for various Sciapodinae and Acropsilus in Bickel 1994, 1998, respectively). Although most of the specimens were apparently collected in rainforest habitats, those from the Torres Strait and Northern Territory were collected in strongly monsoonal habitats, probably in vine thickets (gallery forest) along seasonal creeks. Also the species was also taken in inland marsh habitat near Mareeba, Queensland.