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Species Australembia incompta Ross, 1963

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Species Australembia incompta Ross, 1963

  • Australembia incompta Ross, E.S. 1963. The families of Australian Embioptera, with descriptions of a new family, genus and species. Wasmann Journal of Biology 21: 121-136 [130].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♂, Castle Hill, Townsville, QLD.

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, herbivore, litter, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Subsocial, in leaf litter.

 

General References

Ross, E.S. 1991. Embioptera. Embiidina (Embiids, web-spinners, foot-spinners). Naumann, I.D. (ed.) The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 2nd Edn. 405–409 pp. [409] (habitat)