Subfamily Penthimiinae

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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.

Dietrich and Rakitov (2002) proposed that this group be treated as a tribe of the subfamily Deltocephalinae, along with the Paraboloponinae, Eupelicinae, Koebeliinae and Selenocephalinae.

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Neovulturnus vaedulcis (Kirkaldy)

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Species of Penthimiinae known to occur in Australia

Indo
Chinaella argentata Evans
    Chinaella argentata Evans 1936: 77
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[update: image added 20.xi.2001]
Link to Chinaella page

 SA, NT
Chinaella cudmorei Evans
    Chinaella cudmorei Evans 1936: 77
Link to Chinaella page		 WA
Chinaella pingellensis Evans
    Chinaella pingellensis Evans 1972a: 176
Link to Chinaella page		 WA
Chinaella shephardi Evans
    Chinaella shephardi Evans 1936: 77
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Link to Chinaella page

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

 Qld, NSW, Vic
Neodartus shephardi (Evans)
    Vulturnellus shephardi Evans 1966: 220
    Neodartus shephardi (Evans), Evans 1977: 114
Link to Neodartus page		 NSW
Neovulturnus hackeri (Evans)
    Vulturnus hackeri Evans 1937c: 153
    Neovulturnus hackeri (Evans), Evans 1972a: 180
Link to Neovulturnus page		 Qld
Neovulturnus montanus (Evans)
    Vulturnus montanus Evans 1937c: 154
    Neovulturnus montanus (Evans), Evans 1972a: 180
Link to Neovulturnus page		 NSW, Qld
Neovulturnus punctulatus (Evans)
    Vulturnus punctulatus Evans 1937c: 153
    Neovulturnus punctulatus (Evans), Evans 1972a: 180
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Link to Neovulturnus page

 NSW, Qld
Neovulturnus sordidus (Evans)
    Vulturnus sordidus Evans 1937c: 153
    Neovulturnus sordidus (Evans), Evans 1972a: 180
Link to Neovulturnus page		 Qld
Neovulturnus spatulatus Evans
    Neovulturnus spatulatus Evans 1972a: 180, nomen nudum
Link to Neovulturnus page		  
Neovulturnus vaecors (Kirkaldy)
    Vulturnus vaecors Kirkaldy 1907: 84
    Neovulturnus vaecors (Kirkaldy), Evans 1972a: 180
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Link to Neovulturnus page

 Qld
Neovulturnus vaedulcis (Kirkaldy)
    Vulturnus vaedulcis Kirkaldy 1907: 84
    Vulturnus vappa Kirkaldy 1907: 85, synonymised by Day and Fletcher 1994: 1194
    Neovulturnus vaedulcis (Kirkaldy), Evans 1972a: 180
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Note: Kirkaldy (1907: 85) described the female of this species as Vulturnus vappa.
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 NSW, Qld
Neovulturnus vanduzeei (Kirkaldy)
    Vulturnus vanduzeei Kirkaldy 1907: 83
    Neovulturnus vanduzeei (Kirkaldy), Evans 1972a: 179
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[update: image added 23.vii.2008]
Link to Neovulturnus page

 NSW, Qld
Neovulturnus vultuosus (Kirkaldy)
    Vulturnus vultuosus Kirkaldy 1907: 84
    Neovulturnus vultuosus (Kirkaldy), Evans 1972a: 180
Link to Neovulturnus page		 Qld
Platyscopus badius Evans
    Platyscopus badius Evans 1942a: 146
    Platyscopus coloratus Evans 1942a: 146, synonymised by Evans 1966: 220
Link to Platyscopus page		 WA
Platyscopus moorei Evans
    Platyscopus moorei Evans 1972a: 196
Link to Platyscopus page		 WA
Thaumatoscopus galeatus Kirkaldy
    Thaumatoscopus galeatus Kirkaldy 1906: 462
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[update: image added 23.vii.2008]
Link to Thaumatoscopus page

 Qld, PNG
[PNG update: 5.iv.2002]
Tolasella brunnea (Evans)
    Neovulturnus brunneus Evans 1937c: 151
    Neodartus brunneus (Evans), Evans 1966: 214
    Tolasella brunnea (Evans), Evans 1972a: 176
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[update: image added 3 May 2000]
Link to Tolasella page

 Qld
Tolasella lapsa (Evans)
    Neovulturnus lapsus Evans 1937c: 152
    Neodartus lapsus (Evans), Evans 1966: 215
    Tolasella lapsa (Evans), Evans 1972a: 176
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[update: image added 3 May 2000]
Link to Tolasella page

 Qld
Tolasella maculosa (Evans)
    Neovulturnus maculosus Evans 1937c: 152
    Neodartus maculosus (Evans), Evans 1966: 215
    Tolasella maculosa (Evans), Evans 1972a: 176
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[update: image added 16.vii.2008]
Link to Tolasella page

 Qld
Tolasella pallida (Evans)
    Neovulturnus pallidus Evans 1937c: 151
    Neodartus pallidus (Evans), Evans 1966: 215
    Tolasella pallida (Evans), Evans 1972a: 176
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[update: image added 16.vii.2008]
Link to Tolasella page

 Qld
Tomaloides shepherdi Evans
    Tomaloides shepherdi Evans 1972a: 178
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[update: image added 25.vii.2008]
Link to Tomaloides page

 NSW
Vulturnus dunkensis (Evans)
    Thaumatoscopus dunkensis Evans 1937c: 154
    Vulturnus dunkensis (Evans), Evans 1972a: 185
Link to Vulturnus page		 Qld
Vulturnus voltumna Kirkaldy
    Vulturnus voltumna Kirkaldy 1907: 83
    Vulturnus virgidemia Kirkaldy 1907: 83, synonymised by Evans 1966: 217
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[update: images added 20 August 2007]
Link to Vulturnus page

 Qld
Vulturnus vulturnus Kirkaldy
     Vulturnus vulturnus Kirkaldy 1906: 463
Note: See comments above under Thaumatoscopus galeatus. [update: 8.vi.2008]
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[update: image added 23.vii.2008]
Link to Vulturnus page

 Qld


 
 


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