Genus Zoraida Kirkaldy, 1900

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Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Muir, F. 1918. Notes on the Derbidae in the British Museum collection. I. Zoraidinae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 54: 173-177

Introduction

Muir (1918) recognised three subgenera of Zoraida and these were used by Metcalf (1945) who included an additional number of ungrouped species from Asia and New Guinea. Subgenus Zoraida Kirkaldy is distributed in SE Asian and Africa and includes all the known Australian species. Subgenus Neozoraida Muir is distributed between Sri Lanka and Africa while subgenus Peggiopsis Muir is mainly in the Philippines with species extending to New Guinea, Indonesia, India and Africa. A revision of the genus is needed to place Metcalf's unplaced species to subgenus.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Rostrum pectore longius. Antennae capite ferè duplo longiores. Oculi orbiculati. Ocelli nulli? Alae anticae longissimae, angustae, apice truncatae, venis 12 longitudinalibus inter angulum apicalem et regionem analem (Westwood 1840).

Antennae capite ferè duplo longiores, basi approximatae. Oculi orbiculati, integri. Ocelli nulli? Rostrum pectore longius. Clypeus dorso tricarinatus. Tibia postica medio subcalcaratae. Alae anticae longissimae, angustae, apice truncatae, venis 12 longitudinalibus inter angulum apicalem et analem, venà mediastinà ad apicem bifidà. Vena postcostalis ultra medium alae irregularis, apice bifida, posticè ramos quatuor emittens (rami sex postcostales); vena mediana posticè ramos tres emittens (vena et rami mediani); venae alarum posticarum venis brevibus transversis conjunctae (Westwood 1841).

ID Keys

Muir 1918: 173

Diagnosis References

Muir, F. 1918. Notes on the Derbidae in the British Museum collection. I. Zoraidinae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 54: 173-177 [173–174]

Westwood, J.O. 1840. Observations on the genus Derbe of Fabricius. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 82-85 [84]

Westwood, J.O. 1841. Observations on the genus Derbe of Fabricius. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 1-18 [10]

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