Gnathifera bidentella ( Gaedike, 1981 )

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Gnathifera bidentella ( Gaedike, 1981)

( Fig. 5 )

Ochromolopis bidentata Gaedike, 1968: 610 , figs 26a–26c, nec Diakonoff 1955;

Gnathifera bidentata ( Gaedike, 1968) : Gaedike 1978: 208;

Gnathifera bidentella ( Gaedike, 1981) : 211.

Material studied. Queensland: 1 ♂, 2♀, 23°12'S, 150°47'E, 10km SSE of Yepoon , 13.viii.1983, leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC; SDEI ; 1 ♀, 23°12'S, 150°46'E, 10km SSE of Yepoon , 8.xi.1981, leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC .

Distribution. Queensland ( Gaedike, 1968).

Bionomics. The early stages and host plants are unknown.

The description of the male genitalia is presented for the first time ( Fig. 23 ):

Uncus divided into two narrow lobi; valva large, parallel-sided, costal edge basally with minute bristled process, apex of costal edge hook-shaped, ventral edge from 3/4 directed obliquely upwards to apex, folded to inside of valva, subapically ending with pointed tip; phallus clearly shorter than valva, straight, basally rounded.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Adults. 1, Gnathifera aphronesa, ♀, Tasmania, Port Arthur, 17.ix.1979, leg. P. B. McQuillan; genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9145, SDEI. 2, Gnathifera pseudaphronesa, ♀, CSIRO Exp. Fm., Wilton, N.S.W., 11.x.1977, leg. V. J. Robinson, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9164, ANIC. 3, Gnathifera eurybias, ♀, 30°17'S, 150°120'S, Dawson Spring, Kaputar Nat. Park, N.S.W., 1362m, 14.ii.1980, leg. I. F. B. Common, ANIC. 4, Gnathifera opsias, ♂, Tasmania, 42°55'29"S, 147°20'38"E, Mt. Nelson Nat. Res., 330m, 7–12.ii.2009, leg. L. Kaila & J. Kullberg, SDEI. 5, Gnathifera bidentella, ♂, 23°12'S, 150°47'E, 10km SSE of Yepoon, Q., 13.viii.1983, leg. I. F. B. Common, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9200, ANIC. 6, Gnathifera australica, ♀, 23°14'S, 150°49'E, 13km SSE of Yeppoon, Q., 26.viii.1983, leg. I. F. B. Common, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9257, ANIC.

FIGURES 22–27. Male and female genitalia. 22, Gnathifera pseudaphronesa, ♀, Como West, N.S.W., 17.iv.1970, leg. L. Willan & V. J. Robinson, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9251, ANIC. 23, Gnathifera bidentella, ♂, 23°12'S, 150°46'E, 10km SSE of Yepoon, Q., 8.ixi.1981, leg. I. F. B. Common, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9200, ANIC. 24, Gnathifera luridicapitella, holotype ♂, 29 miles SW of Whyalla, S. A., 8 May 1970, [leg.] I. F. B. Common, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9240, ANIC. 25, Gnathifera queenslandi, ♀, 33°36'S, 115°49'E, 3km S by W of Donnybrook, W.A., 28.iv.1983, leg. E. S. Nielsen & E. D. Edwards, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9244, ANIC. 26, Gnathifera acacivorella, ♂, CSIRO Exp. Fm., Wilton, N.S.W., 20.xii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9171, ANIC. 27, Gnathifera fuscostriata, holotype ♂, 27°34'S, 152°02'E, 400m, 6.5km E of Toowoomba, QLD, 6 Aug. 1985, [leg.] I. F. B. Common, Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 9197, ANIC