Subfamily Penthimiinae
Neovulturnus vaedulcis (Kirkaldy)
Penthimiines are round squat insects with the tegmina reaching just to the end of the abdomen and usually slightly overlapping. The shape of the head is quite distinctive with the crown curved down to overlap the top of the face which is transversely concave, as if the front margin of the head has been pulled downward. Some of the species are beautifully marked with filigree patterns in an enamel-smooth surface on the head and pronotum. None is known to be of economic importance in Australia.
Dietrich and Rakitov (2002) proposed that this group be treated as a tribe of the subfamily Deltocephalinae, along with the Paraboloponinae, Eupelicinae, Koebeliinae and Selenocephalinae.
- Key to Australian genera of Penthimiinae
- Species of Penthimiinae known to occur in Australia
- Species of Penthimiinae known to occur in eastern Indonesia and New Guinea
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Species of Penthimiinae known to occur in Australia
Genus Chinaella EvansChinaella Evans 1936: 76 |
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Chinaella argentata Evans Chinaella argentata Evans 1936: 77 [update: image added 20.xi.2001] |
SA, NT |
Chinaella cudmorei Evans Chinaella cudmorei Evans 1936: 77 |
WA |
Chinaella pingellensis Evans Chinaella pingellensis Evans 1972a: 176 |
WA |
Chinaella shephardi Evans Chinaella shephardi Evans 1936: 77 |
NSW, SA |
Genus Ectopiocephalus KirkaldyEctopiocephalus Kirkaldy 1906: 463 |
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Ectopiocephalus australis (Walker) Scaris australis Walker 1858a:
253 |
Qld, NSW, Vic |
Genus Neodartus MelicharNeodartus Melichar 1903: 162 |
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Neodartus shephardi (Evans) Vulturnellus shephardi Evans 1966:
220 |
NSW |
Genus Neovulturnus EvansNeovulturnus Evans 1937c: 150 |
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Neovulturnus hackeri (Evans) Vulturnus hackeri Evans 1937c:
153 |
Qld |
Neovulturnus montanus (Evans) Vulturnus montanus Evans 1937c:
154 |
NSW, Qld |
Neovulturnus punctulatus (Evans) Vulturnus punctulatus Evans 1937c:
153 |
NSW, Qld |
Neovulturnus sordidus (Evans) Vulturnus sordidus Evans 1937c:
153 |
Qld |
Neovulturnus spatulatus Evans Neovulturnus spatulatus Evans 1972a: 180, nomen nudum |
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Neovulturnus vaecors (Kirkaldy) Vulturnus vaecors Kirkaldy 1907:
84 |
Qld |
Neovulturnus vaedulcis (Kirkaldy) Vulturnus vaedulcis Kirkaldy 1907: 84 Note: Kirkaldy (1907: 85) described the female of this species as Vulturnus vappa. |
NSW, Qld |
Neovulturnus vanduzeei (Kirkaldy) Vulturnus vanduzeei Kirkaldy 1907: 83 [update: image added 23.vii.2008] |
NSW, Qld |
Neovulturnus vultuosus (Kirkaldy) Vulturnus vultuosus Kirkaldy 1907: 84 |
Qld |
Genus Platyscopus EvansPlatyscopus Evans 1942a: 145 |
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Platyscopus badius Evans Platyscopus badius Evans 1942a:
146 |
WA |
Platyscopus moorei Evans Platyscopus moorei Evans 1972a: 196 |
WA |
Genus Thaumatoscopus KirkaldyThaumatoscopus Kirkaldy 1906: 462 |
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Thaumatoscopus galeatus Kirkaldy Thaumatoscopus galeatus Kirkaldy 1906: 462 [update: image added 23.vii.2008] |
Qld, PNG [PNG update: 5.iv.2002] |
Genus Tolasella EvansTolasella Evans 1972a: 176 |
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Tolasella brunnea (Evans) Neovulturnus brunneus Evans 1937c:
151 [update: image added 3 May 2000] |
Qld |
Tolasella lapsa (Evans) Neovulturnus lapsus Evans 1937c:
152 [update: image added 3 May 2000] |
Qld |
Tolasella maculosa (Evans) Neovulturnus maculosus Evans 1937c:
152 [update: image added 16.vii.2008] |
Qld |
Tolasella pallida (Evans) Neovulturnus pallidus Evans 1937c:
151 [update: image added 16.vii.2008] |
Qld |
Genus Tomaloides EvansTomaloides Evans 1972a: 177 |
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Tomaloides shepherdi Evans Tomaloides shepherdi Evans 1972a: 178 [update: image added 25.vii.2008] |
NSW |
Genus Vulturnus KirkaldyVulturnus Kirkaldy 1906: 463 |
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Vulturnus dunkensis (Evans) Thaumatoscopus dunkensis Evans 1937c: 154 |
Qld |
Vulturnus voltumna Kirkaldy Vulturnus voltumna Kirkaldy 1907:
83 [update: images added 20 August 2007] |
Qld |
Vulturnus vulturnus Kirkaldy Vulturnus vulturnus Kirkaldy 1906: 463 [update: image added 23.vii.2008] |
Qld |