Acrotelsatinae, Mendes, 1991

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Acrotelsatinae

(17 species in 6 genera. North Africa, Central Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fig. 20 )

The subfamily is characterised by the lack of free sternal plates. It displays a relic distribution from a Pangean origin; however, it is surprising that no representatives have yet been found in the Americas. The distribution of the anthropophilic pan-tropical species Acrotelsa collaris (Fabricius, 1793) is not included here but the species has been found free-living in the Middle East as well as Hawaii.

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Fig. 20. World distribution of representatives of the subfamily Acrotelsatinae Mendes, 1991.