Genus Cornutipo Evans
Cornutipo
tricornis (Evans)
Cornutipo scalpellum Evans
facial view showing forward extension
Genus Cornutipo Evans 1934: 164. Type species: Cornutipo scalpellum Evans, by original designation
Synonym: Cornutipoides Evans 1934: 164, synonymised by Evans 1969b: 51. Type species: Cornutipoides tricornis Evans, by original designation.
Known species: Three species are described: C. tricornis from N.Qld and N. WA, C. scalpellum from eastern Australia and NT and C. bakeri from WA.
Comments: Cornutipo tricornis is the most distinctive and recognisable eurymelid with its three large horns. C. bakeri combines the head features of the other two species in having a spatulate forward extension of the frontoclypeus, as in C. scalpellum, with the lateral horns also found in C. tricornis.