Open AccessA NEW GENUS OF PTILODACTYLIDAE (COLEOPTERA: ELATERIFORMIA) FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND, WITH DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESUMED LARVA
Author(s) -
Lawrence J. F.,
Stribling J. B.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00454.x
Subject(s) - biology , subfamily , larva , genus , zoology , apex (geometry) , botany , gene , biochemistry
Austrolichas monteithi , gen. et sp. n., is described from tropical North Queensland. The genus is placed in the subfamily Cladotominae, and comparisons are made with other cladotomine genera. The presumed larva of A. monteithi is described; it shares unique features of the abdominal apex with the cladotomine genus Paralichas White.