Open AccessA NEW SPECIES OF AUSTROXESTUS WOODWARD (HEMIPTERA: LYGAEIDAE: RHYPAROCHROMINAE) FROM ARNHEM LAND
Author(s) -
Woodward T. E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1981.tb01025.x
Subject(s) - lygaeidae , hemiptera , biology , key (lock) , northern territory , sister , ecology , geography , archaeology , anthropology , sociology
Austroxestus monteithi sp. n., described from Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, is regarded as the sister group of A. carnarvoni Woodward from southeast Queensland and eastern New South Wales. The relationships of the 5 species of Austroxestus are discussed and an earlier key to the species is revised and extended.