Siphanta expatria Fletcher

Caution

Many of the insects depicted on these pages are outwardly similar and you should not use photographs as the sole means of identification. These pages form part of a scientific key which will assist a trained entomologist to identify the species accurately.

(Flatidae: Flatinae: Siphantini)

This species and Siphanta acutipennis can only be differentiated by examination of the male genitalia.

Note: The possibility that S. acutipennis occurs in PNG means that care should be taken in identifying this species based on locality. S. expatria males can be differentiated from those of S. acutipennis by having the pygofer process triangular (knobbed in S. acutipennis) and the paramere process broadly truncate apically (apically pointed in S. acutipennis).