Species Agapophytus ruficaudus Mann, 1929

Agapophytus ruficaudus Holotype

© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo G. Thompson

Agapophytus ruficaudus Holotype label

© Copyright Queensland Museum CC-BY-NC, photo G. Thompson

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• Agapophytus ruficaudus Mann, J.S. 1929. Revisional notes on Australian Therevidae. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 6: 17-49 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MEI023808 adult ♂ (Jan 1923, H. Hacker), QLD: Samford.
  Paratype(s) QM MEI023812 adult ♀ (25.ii.1922, H. Hacker), QLD: Brisbane; ANIC MEI091319 adult ♂ (30.ix.1923, H. Hacker), QLD: Alderly, Brisbane.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Diagnosis

Scape longer than head, slightly bent ventrally at base, covered with long, pale setae, particularly on ventral surface;
flagellum longer than scape; frons wider than ocellar tubercle; scutellum with numerous, tightly bunched bristles;
abdominal tergites 4–7 orange medially; spermathecal sac elongate, outer reticulated lobes present.

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