Tridemula pilosa Horvath

Tatarnic, Nikolai J., Wall, Michael A. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2011, A systematic revision of the Australian ploiarioline thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae), Zootaxa 2762, pp. 1-30 : 29

Tridemula pilosa Horvath

Figs. 20 , 21

Tridemula pilosa Horvath, 1914: 646 , fig. 7

Material examined. AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 1 ɗ, West Claudie R., Iron Range, 12.7o S 143.2o E, 3–10 December 1985, G. Monteith and D. Cook, Pyrethrum Rainforest.

Diagnosis. Recognized in Australia by the following character states: posterior lobe of the pronotum with a large medial tubercle on the posterior margin ( Fig. 21 C), mostly chestnut-brown laterally below carina; first segment of labium chestnut-brown.

Distribution. Northern Queensland, New Guinea, New Britain, Moluccas ( Fig. 20 ).

Remarks. This is the first record of T. pilosa from Australia.

Figures

FIGURE 20. Distribution of Mesosepis and Tridemula species in Australia.

FIGURE 21. A, B. Tridemula contumax. A. Head and prothorax (colouration not shown). B. Forewing. C, D. Tridemula metabates. C. Head and prothorax (colouration not shown). D. Forewing. E, F. Tridemula pilosa. E. Head and prothorax (colouration not shown). F. Forewing.