Siphanta subgranulosa Kirkaldy
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 can only be differentiated from Siphanta rubra Schmidt by examination of the
male genitalia
and apparent distributional differences. This species is also close to S.
lynae Fletcher. It can be differentiated from S. lynae by the striping on the thorax and from S. rubra by apparent distributional
differences, with S. rubra not having been found North of Mackay in Qld while S.
subgranulosa is only known from Cairns, Ravenshoe and Herberton in N.Qld. It can be
differentiated from both by examination of the male genitalia.
