Species Metoligotoma extorris Davis, 1936

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• Metoligotoma extorris Davis, C. 1936. Studies in Australian Embioptera. Part II. Further notes on systematics. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61: 254-258 pl. xii [256].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, Brush Is., near Ulladulla, NSW.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, herbivore, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Subsocial, forming galleries amongst dead vegetation, particularly stems of Tetragonia expansa Murray [Aizoaceae], eggs parasitised by Embidobia metoligotomae Dodd [Hymenoptera: Scelionidae].

 

General References

Davis, C. 1938. Studies in Australian Embioptera. Part III: Revision of the genus Metoligotoma, with descriptions of new species, and other notes on the family Oligotomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 63: 226-272 [237, 250] (description)

Davis, C. 1940. Taxonomic notes on the Order Embioptera. XIX. Genera not previously discussed. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 65: 525-532 [528] (list)

Dodd, A.P. 1939. Hymenopterous parasites of the Embioptera of the New World. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 64: 338-344 [342] (scelionid parasite)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)