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Species Australembia rileyi (Davis, 1940)

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Species Australembia rileyi (Davis, 1940)

  • Metoligotoma rileyi Davis, C. 1940. Studies in Australian Embioptera. Part IV: Supplementary taxonomic notes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 65: 155-160 [155].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH ♂, Townsville, QLD.
  • Metoligotoma nodosa Davis, C. 1944. Studies in Australian Embioptera. Part VII: New Embioptera from tropical Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 69: 16-20 [19].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, Ravenshoe—Mt Garnett Road, 10 miles from Ravenshoe, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • 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 [133]

 

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, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Subsocial, in tropical savannah woodland, in leaf litter.

 

General References

Davis, C. 1940. Taxonomic notes on the Order Embioptera. XIX. Genera not previously discussed. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 65: 525-532 [528] (list)

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)