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Subfamily Deltocephalinae: Tribe Penthimiini

Neovulturnus vaedulcis (Kirkaldy)

Penthimiines are round squat insects with the tegmina reaching just to the end of the abdomen and usually slightly overlapping. The shape of the head is quite distinctive with the crown curved down to overlap the top of the face which is transversely concave, as if the front margin of the head has been pulled downward. Some of the species are beautifully marked with filigree patterns in an enamel-smooth surface on the head and pronotum. None is known to be of economic importance in Australia.

Linnavuori (1959) first proposed that the group, which had been treated as a subfamily in its own right by other authors, eg Evans (1966), should be treated as a tribe of the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Dietrich and Rakitov (2002) supported this view.

Species of Penthimiini known to occur in Australia

Genus Chinaella Evans

Chinaella Evans 1936: 76

Chinaella argentata Evans

Chinaella argentata Evans 1936: 77

[update: image added 20.xi.2001]

NT, SA

Chinaella cudmorei Evans

Chinaella cudmorei Evans 1936: 77

Chinaella pingellensis Evans

Chinaella pingellensis Evans 1972a: 176

Chinaella shephardi Evans

Chinaella shephardi Evans 1936: 77

NSW, SA

Genus Ectopiocephalus Kirkaldy

Ectopiocephalus Kirkaldy 1906: 463

Ectopiocephalus australis (Walker)

Scaris australis Walker 1858a: 253
Ectopiocephalus vanduzeei Kirkaldy 1906: 464, synonymised by Evans 1966: 212
Penthimia reticulata Distant 1908a: 108, preoccupied by Penthimia reticulata Stål (1870), synonymised by Evans 1937c: 150
Penthimia reticulosa Distant 1911: 258, nom. nov. for Penthimia reticulata Distant
Ectopiocephala australis (Walker), Evans 1966: 212

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA

[WA update: 28.vii.2011]

Genus Neodartus Melichar

Neodartus Melichar 1903: 162
Vulturnellus Evans 1966: 220, synonymised by Evans 1977: 113

Neodartus shephardi (Evans)

Vulturnellus shephardi Evans 1966: 220
Neodartus shephardi (Evans), Evans 1977: 114

NSW

Genus Neovulturnus Evans

Neovulturnus Evans 1937c : 150

Neovulturnus hackeri (Evans)

Vulturnus hackeri Evans 1937c: 153
Neovulturnus hackeri (Evans), Evans 1972a: 180

[update: image added 28.vii.2011]

NSW, Qld

[NSW update: 8.vii.2011]

Neovulturnus montanus (Evans)

Vulturnus montanus Evans 1937c: 154
Neovulturnus montanus (Evans), Evans 1972a: 180

[update: image added 28.vii.2011]

NSW, Qld

Neovulturnus punctulatus (Evans)

Vulturnus punctulatus Evans 1937c: 153
Neovulturnus punctulatus (Evans), Evans 1972a: 180

NSW, Qld

Neovulturnus sordidus (Evans)

Vulturnus sordidus Evans 1937c: 153
Neovulturnus sordidus (Evans), Evans 1972a: 180

Qld

Neovulturnus spatulatus Evans nomen nudum

Neovulturnus spatulatus Evans 1972a: 180, nomen nudum

Note: There is a male and a female specimens in the J.W. Evans collection associated with this name. A review of the species of Neovulturnus, using the male genitalia, is needed to confirm the validity of the various species. [update 28.vii.2011]

Neovulturnus vaecors (Kirkaldy)

Vulturnus vaecors Kirkaldy 1907: 84
Neovulturnus vaecors (Kirkaldy), Evans 1937c : 151

NSW, Qld
[NSW update: 9.vii.2011]

Neovulturnus vaedulcis (Kirkaldy)

Vulturnus vaedulcis Kirkaldy 1907: 84
Vulturnus vappa Kirkaldy 1907: 85, synonymised by Day and Fletcher 1994: 1194
Neovulturnus vaedulcis (Kirkaldy), Evans 1937c: 151

Note: Kirkaldy (1907: 85) described the female of this species as Vulturnus vappa.

NSW, Qld

Neovulturnus vanduzeei (Kirkaldy)

Vulturnus vanduzeei Kirkaldy 1907: 83
Neovulturnus vanduzeei (Kirkaldy), Evans 1937c : 151

Note: Evans (1947d: 211) listed this species from Qld with no evidence. All specimens in collections, including the type series, are from Sydney, NSW.

[update: image added 23.vii.2008]

NSW

[Qld removed, 9.vii.2011]

Neovulturnus vultuosus (Kirkaldy)

Vulturnus vultuosus Kirkaldy 1907: 84
Neovulturnus vultuosus (Kirkaldy), Evans 1937c : 151

[update: image added 29.vii.2011]

Qld