Genus Kuranda Distant, 1907

Kuranda notata Distant, type species of Kuranda Distant.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute

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• Kuranda Distant, W.L. 1907. Rhynchotal Notes. xlii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 395-416 [407].

  Type species:

   Kuranda notata Distant, 1907 by original designation.

Introduction

Kuranda is a monotypic endemic genus from the wet tropics of North Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Vertex of head somewhat longly (?) produced in front of eyes, narrowed anteriorly, lateral margins very strongly ridged; head laterally much compressed, face long and slender, slightly widened towards clypeus, which is very much shorter than face; antennae inserted at some distance beneath eyes, the second joint very long and robust; pronotum very short; mesonotum subelongate, faintly carinate; tegmina more than three times longer than broad, apically rounded, apical areas short and continued round apex of costal margin, costal area moderately broad; wings broader and shorter than tegmina (Distant 1907).

Diagnosis References

Distant, W.L. 1907. Rhynchotal Notes. xlii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 395-416 [407]

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