Genus Pochazia Amyot & Serville
Pochazia sp
Genus Pochazia Amyot &
Serville 1843: 528
Type species: Flata fasciata Fabricius 1803, designated by
Kirkaldy 1903b
Known species: Numerous species in the far eastern Palaearctic (China, Japan) and Oriental regions. A number of species are also known from Africa, Madagascar and the Middle East although whether these are all congeneric remains to be confirmed. There is a single Australian record of P. inclyta (Walker).
Notes: The species of Pochazia
are mainly magnificent insects about 50% larger than other Australian ricaniids. The size
and very broad triangular tegmina make them easily identifiable.
The single Australian record of P. inclyta was made by Schmidt
(1905a) and reported
by Melichar (1923). The genus is included in the key because of the
presence of numerous species in Indonesia and New Guinea and the possibility that
occasional specimens may be found in northern Australia.