Genus Pectinariophyes Kirkaldy
Pectinariophyes
stalii (Spångberg)
Genus Pectinariophyes Kirkaldy 1906: 386
Type
species, by monotypy: Pectinariophyes pectinaria Kirkaldy, (synonymised
with Pectinariophyes stalii by Maa 1963)
Generic Distribution: Australia, with one endemic species recorded from PNG.
Australian species: Two species are known from Australia, P. stalii (Spångberg) and P. reticulata (Spångberg).
Comments: The genus Pectinariophyes was synonymised with Hindola Kirkaldy
by Baker (1927) and
listed as a synonym by Metcalf (1960).
However, Maa (1963) and Evans (1966)
both recognised Pectinariophyes as a valid genus. Hindola is an oriental genus while Pectinariophyes is restricted to Australia
and New Guinea. The two Australian species are both commonly collected
at lights and are similar in morphology and colour although P. reticulata is larger in size (7-10mm) than P. stalii (5-7mm).
Both species
have a strongly convex pronotum curving down to the vertex which is steeply
declivous.