Species Metoligotoma incompta (Ross, 1963)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Australembia incompta Ross, E.S. 1963. The families of Australian Embioptera, with descriptions of a new family, genus and species. Wasmann Journal of Biology 21: 121-136 [130].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Castle Hill, Townsville, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Metoligotoma incompta (Ross, 1963) [Australembia found to be paraphyletic with Metoligotoma]. —
  Miller, K.B., Hayashi, C., Whiting, M.F., Svenson, G.J. & Edgerly, J.S. 2012. The phylogeny and classification of Embioptera (Insecta). Systematic Entomology 37: 550-570 [559]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, herbivore, litter, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Subsocial, in leaf litter.

 

General References

Ross, E.S. 1991. Embioptera. Embiidina (Embiids, web-spinners, foot-spinners). Naumann, I.D. (ed.) The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 2nd Edn. 405–409 pp. [409] (habitat)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Jul-2012		16-Jul-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)