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Genus Alocanthella Evans

Alocanthella sp. Alocanthella sp.

Alocanthella Evans 1966: 296; Day 1999: 647. Type species: Alocanthella fulva Evans, by original designation

Known species: Only the type species is described but Day (1999) indicates that there are several species, all from northern Australia.

Distribution: Qld, NT (northern and central Australia, Day 1999)

Comments: These species are small and squat with the pronotum broadly humped in lateral view. The median pronotal process (MPP) is undulate dorsally (saddle-shaped is the term used by Day 1999) and is similar to the MPP of Bunyella dromedarius which has an anterior pronotal saddle in addition to the posterior one.

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