Genus Eurymeloides Ashmead

Genus Eurymeloides Ashmead 1889: 126. Type species: Eurymela bicincta Erichson, by subsequent designation (see ICZN 1993: 72)
Synonym: Eurymelias Kirkaldy 1907: 29, synonymised by Distant 1908a: 100. Type species: Eurymeloides hyacinthus Kirkaldy 1907.

Known species: Ten species, distributed in all Australian states and PNG.

Comments: Eurymeloides includes some of our most common and beautiful eurymelids. The genus is defined by the spination of the hind tibia which bears multiple spurs on two margins.

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