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03FBC3207644FFD0FF06CB072A4CF9A9.text	03FBC3207644FFD0FF06CB072A4CF9A9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Australocorinae Malipatil 2012	<div><p>Australocorinae Malipatil, subfam. nov.</p> <p>Body: Pubescence simple and not silky or woolly.</p> <p>Head: Head trichobothria absent. Eyes stalked and reniform. Ocelli present. Sutures between ocelli and compound eyes distinct only near base of head. Bucculae produced near base as flaps to level of base of antennae, then tapering, gradually diminishing in height posteriorly almost to surface of head, running parallel before joining in a narrow V well before base of head. Gular groove indistinct. Antennal base arising below level of eye; first antennal segment short, slender; 2 nd segment uniformly slender; 4 th slender, not modified or clubbed, similar to 2 nd and 3 rd segments.</p> <p>Thorax: Pronotal calli smooth, without transverse impressed line; lateral margin of pronotum narrowly carinate. Mesosternum smooth and not grooved. Scutellum with cross-shaped pattern on dorsal surface; apical shape simple, unmodified and without armature. Hemelytra not areolate; hemelytral membrane with only 3–4 simple veins; basal cell absent; clavus distinctly punctuate. Hamus on hindwing present. Fore femora incrassate only slightly more than middle and hind femora, unarmed; tarsi with three segments.</p> <p>Abdomen: Spiracles on segments II–VII dorsal (II variable, located clearly dorsal, or on the connexival fold/ membrane or on the extreme edge of abdominal venter, but still discernible as dorsal). All abdominal segmental sutures complete; connexival processes absent; inner laterotergites present; all abdominal sterna separate, II–IV without, and V–VII with, conjunctival membranes. Trichobothrial ground plan numbers per segment, three; trichobothria on abdominal segment IV medioventral; number of trichobothria on abdominal segments IV and V, three; trichobothria long, easily distinguishable from simple setae.</p> <p>Male genitalia: Aedeagus with conjunctiva inflatable; phallotheca without processes; vesical helicoid process present; phallobase elliptical with an elongate, tubular vesica.</p> <p>Female genitalia: Ovipositor lanceolate. Sternite VII split by ovipositor. Spermatheca present.</p> <p>Type genus: Australocoris Malipatil, gen. nov.</p> <p>Notes. The new subfamily is unique and can be readily distinguished from all the existing subfamilies in Geocoridae (viz. Geocorinae, Bledionotinae including Pamphantinae, and Henestarinae sensu Henry 1997), by the dorsally situated spiracles on abdominal segments II–VII.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FBC3207644FFD0FF06CB072A4CF9A9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Malipatil, M. B.	Malipatil, M. B. (2012): Australocorinae, a new subfamily of Geocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 3554: 75-88
03FBC3207644FFD5FF06CFF52BBDFC9E.text	03FBC3207644FFD5FF06CFF52BBDFC9E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Australocoris Malipatil 2012	<div><p>Australocoris Malipatil, gen. nov.</p> <p>Head (e.g., Fig. 1): Broad, with clypeus rounded and exceeding juga.</p> <p>Thorax: Pronotum (e.g., Fig. 4) rather trapezoidal, with lateral margins sinuate separating anterior and posterior lobe areas, not well demarcated dorsally, calli smooth and impunctate, posterior lobule on pronotum absent. Prothoracic pleura punctuate. Thoracic scent gland opening (e.g., Fig. 8) narrow and directed posteriorly. Scutellum (e.g., Fig. 4), distinctly punctate except for a median laevigate ridge. Hemelytra (e.g., Fig. 1) hyaline, corium with costal margin parallel-sided in basal third, then gradually slightly dilated, widest at about mid length. Hind wing with hamus reduced; 2 secondary veins (SV) present and joined at base. (Note: should be examined with a good light and from different angles). Articulation of metacoxae directed laterally.</p> <p>Abdomen: Sutures between terga IV–V only slightly curved and those between V–VI moderately curved caudad from margin to meson. Scent gland scars between terga IV–V and V–VI about subequal and indistinct, that between III–IV absent (e.g., Fig. 10). Inner laterotergites present, not distinct on VII. Trichobothria on sterna III and IV medial (e.g., Fig. 11); in loose triangular to linear arrangement on III and almost linear to triangular on IV, but variable in spacing and degree of development, with sometimes one trichobothrium reduced or absent altogether. Trichobothria on sterna V–VII placed laterally or sublaterally, and arranged one in anterior half, and two (one behind the other) in posterior half of segment, either distinct or reduced. Sutures between sterna III–IV and V–VI almost straight, reaching lateral margin (e.g., Fig. 11).</p> <p>Male: Pygophore (e.g., Fig. 19) posteriorly gradually rounded, lacking processes. Paramere (e.g., Fig. 20) with dorsal (outer) flange more prominent than ventral (inner) lobe which has long setae. Aedeagus with conjunctiva tubular, membranous, gradually narrowed towards upper (distal) end; body, wings and neck of ejaculatory reservoir (e.g., Fig. 23) well developed.</p> <p>Female: Only sternum VII divided by ovipositor. Trichobothria generally reduced, arranged as follows: on III almost linear to subtriangular; on IV sublinear to triangular. Spermatheca (e.g., Fig. 16) with bulb slightly sclerotised and spherical to subspherical in shape, with an indistinct flange near base; basal duct short. Ovipositor with first ramus traversing to nine-tenths length of first gonapophysis (e.g., Fig. 14); second gonapophysis broadly spatulate (e.g., Fig. 15).</p> <p>Etymology. Generic name (= “southern bug”), (of southern distribution), masculine gender.</p> <p>Type species: Australocoris kurandae Kirkaldy.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FBC3207644FFD5FF06CFF52BBDFC9E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Malipatil, M. B.	Malipatil, M. B. (2012): Australocorinae, a new subfamily of Geocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 3554: 75-88
03FBC3207641FFD7FF06CAE32C7FF844.text	03FBC3207641FFD7FF06CAE32C7FF844.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Australocoris kurandae (Kirkaldy 1908) Malipatil 2012	<div><p>Australocoris kurandae (Kirkaldy, 1908) comb. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 1, 4, 8, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20)</p> <p>Germalus kurandae Kirkaldy, 1908: 774–775.</p> <p>Scopiastes linearis Distant, 1918: 417–418.</p> <p>Germalus linearis Scudder, 1963: 316 (transferred to Germalus in Geocorinae).</p> <p>Germalus kurandae: Slater &amp; O’Donnell, 1995: 70.</p> <p>Scopiastes linearis: Cassis &amp; Gross, 2002: 202 (synonymised with Germalus kurandae Kirkaldy).</p> <p>Type specimens examined: Holotype male, “Cairns Q. [K in red ink in hand] Austr. 8.1904”, “Type of kurandae Kirk. ”, “ Germalus kurandae Kirk. ”, in BPBM.</p> <p>It is not certain whether this is the holotype specimen because the specimen data in the original description is “Q.: Kuranda (Aug.; Perkins).</p> <p>Syntype female, “N. Queensland Kuranda 1,100 ft ”, “ May 3 – June 20, 1913 ”, “ R. E.Turner 1913 – 438”, “ Scopiastes linearis Dist Type”, left 4 th antennal segment missing, in NHM. Synonymised by Cassis &amp; Gross (2002).</p> <p>Other specimens examined: QUEENSLAND 4m, 1f, Cairns dist., F.P. Dodd, in SAM; 1m, 3f, Cairns dist., A.M. Lea, in SAM; 1f, Kuranda, Feb.1920, F.P. Dodd, in SAM; 1m, Tolga scrub, 18.ii.1984, I. D. Galloway, in QDPI; 1m, Atherton, 21.xi.1975, J.H. Barrett, Malaise trap, in QDPI; 1m, Bellenden Ker Range, cableway base stn, 100m, 17.x.–9.xi.1981, Pyrethrum knockdown, EARTHWATCH/QLD MUSEUM; 1m, 1f, same data except beating rainforest, all QM; 1f, Bellenden Ker Range, base stn, 17º 17' S 145º 54' E, 28.viii.–20.x. 1991, 100m, flight intercept trap, Monteith &amp; Janetzki, in QM; 1m, 1f, Russel R. at Bellenden Ker landing, 5 m, 24.x–9.xi.1981, EARTHWATCH/ QLD MUSEUM, in QM; 1f, Palmerston Hwy 35 km W Innisfail, 2.ii.1975, at light, B. K. Cantrell, in QDPI; 1m, 1f, Danbulla State Forest, 23.2 km along Robson Creek track NW of Danbulla Forest Drive, 17º 06' 25" S 145º 32' 50"E, 26.iv.1998, G. Cassis (Q98-7), Casuarinaceae Allocasuarina torulosa (Aiton), LAS Johnson (NSW42780) Host QLD 98-4, in AM.</p> <p>Redescription. Coloration (Fig. 1): Generally ochraceous; eyes reddish. Vertex with a short, thin dark longitudinal line apical of each ocellus, and two short median subcontiguous lines apically. Apex of labium blackish. Antennae with 3 rd, and apex of 2 nd segment, fuscous; 4 th segment lighter in basal half to two-thirds. Pronotum with a mid-longitudinal line, a very short sublateral line, and postero-lateral angles, fuscous; pronotum closely punctured with dark fuscous, except for the two immaculate ochraceous laevigate (calli) areas. Corium with three rows of dark punctures; extereolateral and apical margins narrowly black. Membrane hyaline, immaculate except for an irregular broad median longitudinal fuscous patch. Abdomen pale reddish-ochraceous. Prothoracic sterna, and all thoracic pleura, strongly fuscously punctured. Legs yellowish, femora with varying intensity dark spots and patches, apex of last tarsal segment and claws fuscous.</p> <p>Measurements: holotype male Germalus kurandae, syntype female of Scopiastes linearis, followed by ranges of 8 non-type specimens within round brackets.</p> <p>Body: Obovate, parallel-sided, length 5.10, 5.60 (5.06–5.42), maximum width about or slightly less than head width across eyes, 1.80, 1.80 (1.51–1.93).</p> <p>Head (Fig. 4): Eyes reniform, stalked, not wrapped around anterior margin of pronotum and not touching pronotum; interocular space about 0.7 or more times as wide as pronotal posterior margin. Head across eyes about equal to maximum body width. Clypeus rounded and exceeding jugae; head smooth, without punctures, particularly shiny between ocelli and eyes; bucculae (see Fig. 7, A. monticolus). Length of head 0.70, 0.75 (0.70–0.84); width across eyes 1.67, 1.80 (1.65–1.93); interocular space about 3 or slightly more times interocellar space, 0.95, 0.98 (0.96–1.19); interocellar space 0.30, 0.34 (0.25–0.34); eye-ocellar space 0.30, 0.38 (0.32–0.37); eye length 0.49, 0.49 (0.46–0.50); eye width 0.34, 0.28 (0.25–0.32). Antennae relatively short and robust, 1 st segment shortest, exceeding apex of head by one-third, 2 nd clearly longest, 4 th slightly thicker than other segments particularly in distal half; length of segments: I 0.38, 0.34 (0.27– 0.41); II 0.77, 0.87 (0.73–0.94); III 0.49, 0.53 (0.46–0.57); IV 0.72, 0.79 (0.66–0.82). Labium (Fig. 8) extending to about mid coxae, 1 st segment reaching base of head, 4 th shortest, other segments subequal in length; length of segments: I 0.60, 0.64 (0.57–0.69); II 0.57, 0.60 (0.48–0.62); III 0.57, 0.57 (0.48–0.59); IV 0.38, 0.45 (0.36–0.46). Labrum long, thin, needle-like, extending to about one-third of 2 nd labial segment.</p> <p>Thorax: Pronotum (Figs. 1, 4) rather trapezoidal, with lateral margins sinuate, gradually narrowed from posterior to anterior margin; median length 1.02, 1.15 (0.96–1.17); width at posterior margin 1.40, 1.50 (1.33–1.66). Thoracic pleura with large, dense fuscous punctation; coxal covers with smaller, paler punctation. Scutellum (Figs. 1, 4) wider than long; length 0.65, 0.69 (0.59– 0.81); width 0.80, 0.79 (0.64–0.87). Hemelytra (Fig. 1) hyaline, extending well beyond apex of abdomen. Corium with one almost complete row of punctures along inner margin, one almost complete sub-costal-marginal row, and one middle row, continuing onto apical margin. Clavus hyaline glass-like in distal two-thirds, with sparse punctures as follows: one almost complete outer row following claval suture, one inner row adjoining scutellum distinct near base and along claval commissure area. Length of hemelytra 3.54, 4.04 (3.31–3.91); length of corium 2.34, 2.57 (2.25–2.58); claval commissure 0.50, 0.50 (0.41–0.52). Hindwing with sclerotised 1A along almost entire length of anal fold; Pcu present; faintly sclerotised 2A present on basal two-thirds of anal lobe.</p> <p>Abdomen: Male. Tergum VII indistinctly minutely punctuate, particularly in posterior half (Fig. 12). Abdominal venter covered with fine long setae, more dense medially on posterior segments particularly III–VI, in addition to adpressed yellow pubescence. Internal apodeme on anterior margin of sternum VII broad, blunt, and extending up to half length of sternum VI. Pygophore foramen (Fig. 19) in dorsal view with a minute invaginated process and a flap-like invaginated process on margin just above basal transverse foramen; dorsally and posteriorly covered with short bristly setae. Female. Abdominal terga slightly uniformly sclerotised not in any pattern. Sternum with only small irregular light fuscous spots on sublateral margins of sterna III–VI.</p> <p>Male genitalia: Paramere blade broadly pointed, sickle-shaped (Fig. 20). Aedeagus with phallotheca lightly sclerotised in a narrow band medially on dorsal aspect; vesical lobes indistinct in shape and number. Helicoid process with about 1.5 coils; ejaculatory duct inside vesica with 1–2 turns; gonoporal process beyond helicoid process thin, with 2–3 uniform coils; secondary gonopore slightly flaring.</p> <p>Female genitalia: Spermatheca with bulb spherical, duct uniformly tubular, moderately long, with about 4 loose bends (Fig. 17). Ovipositor as in Figs. 14, 15.</p> <p>Nymphs. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution. Only northern Queensland, from near Cairns to Bellenden Ker Range area, but mostly at lower altitudes.</p> <p>Notes. The species exhibits considerable variation in colour markings and the intensity and pattern of punctation even within one population. The first antennal segment may be fuscous on the exterior side, and stramineous on the inner side. The second segment may be entirely fuscous, and the fourth segment is variable in colour from almost entirely fuscous to dirty white. The intensity and extent of fuscous markings on the pronotum are variable, the median line may be very faint to very distinct, the sublateral markings also may or may not be distinct, whereas in some, for example Dambulla State Forest specimens, these are very distinct and extend almost the entire length of the posterior lobe area.</p> <p>In some specimens the abdominal sternum has small fuscous irregular spots or patches sublaterally on segments II–VI; these patches may be more extensive and extending to all abdominal segments. In the Dambulla State Forest female specimen, the terga are sclerotised only on segments IV–VI in the same pattern as in A. monticolus.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FBC3207641FFD7FF06CAE32C7FF844	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Malipatil, M. B.	Malipatil, M. B. (2012): Australocorinae, a new subfamily of Geocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 3554: 75-88
03FBC3207642FFD6FF06C9F82C0AFA34.text	03FBC3207642FFD6FF06C9F82C0AFA34.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Australocoris fuscomaculatus Malipatil 2012	<div><p>Australocoris fuscomaculatus Malipatil, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 2, 6, 9)</p> <p>Type specimens: Holotype female, Woombye nr Nambour, 11–16.x.1965, DH Colless, in ANIC. Paratypes, 1 m, Clayton Gully, 4 km E Cunningham’s Gap, 1.vi.1966, Z. Leipa, in ANIC; 1 m, Brisbane, 15.x.1979, BK Cantrell, in QDPI; 1 f? (abdomen missing), Mt Glorious 24.x.1978, KJ Houston, edge rainforest, in QDPI.</p> <p>Description. This species differs from A. kurandae by the following:</p> <p>Coloration (Fig. 2): Generally as in A. kurandae, except generally darker intensity in markings and punctures. Antennae with 4 th segment fuscous except extreme basal area light. Pronotum with a fuscous broad line down the middle (in females this line narrowly medially extending to tip of head); a sublateral patch on each side covering almost entire length of posterior lobe, and posterolateral angles, fuscous. Corium with apical margins with more extensive black areas; narrow areas along rows of punctures, fuscous. Abdomen dorsally with fuscous and pale areas in a pattern similar to A. monticolus; posterolateral connexival areas of posterior two or three abdominal segments fuscous. Ventrally with one small, irregular fuscous spot on each thoracic pleura near coxal acetabula, irregular fuscous patches sublaterally on each side of abdominal sterna II–VI, and a fuscous streak on ovipositor area (Fig. 9). Legs with darker spots on femora.</p> <p>Measurements: holotype female, followed by ranges of 3 paratypes within round brackets.</p> <p>Body: Obovate, parallel-sided, length 5.29 (5.06 –5.29), maximum width about or slightly less than head width across eyes, 1.93 (1.61–1.79).</p> <p>Head (Figs. 2, 6): Length of head 0.76 (0.74–0.90); width across eyes 1.93 (1.60–1.77); interocular space 1.19 (0.96–1.03); interocellar space 0.34 (0.32–0.37); eye-ocellar space 0.36 (0.32–0.35); eye length 0.46 (0.48–0.50); eye width 0.27 (0.25–0.27). Antennae, length of segments: I 0.36 (0.27–0.30); II 0.80 (0.73–0.75); III 0.55 (0.40–0.50); IV 0.69 (0.69–0.70). Labium, length of segments: I 0.62 (0.52–0.57); II 0.55 (0.52–0.56); III 0.52 (0.50–0.52); IV 0.45 (0.41–0.42).</p> <p>Thorax: Pronotum (Figs. 2, 6) median length 1.17 (0.98–1.05); width at posterior margin 1.66 (1.40–1.56). Scutellum (Fig. 2, 6) length 0.81 (0.63–0.80); width 0.85 (0.73–0.87). Hemelytra (Fig. 2), length 3.91 (3.45–3.77); length of corium 2.53 (2.25–2.53); claval commissure 0.48 (0.41–0.46).</p> <p>Abdomen &amp; genitalia: Generally as in A. kurandae, except: Male. Abdominal terga sclerotised in pattern as in A. monticolus. Aedeagus with phallotheca heavily sclerotised in a narrow band medially on dorsal aspect. Female. Abdominal terga sclerotised in pattern as in A. monticolus (Fig. 10).</p> <p>Distribution. Only southeastern Queensland.</p> <p>Etymology. The species name alludes to the presence of fuscous spots on each of pro-, meso-, and metathoracic pleura just above coxal acetabulae.</p> <p>Notes. The species exhibits slight variation in colour markings, particularly of antennae, hemelytra and abdomen, and the intensity and pattern of punctation on pronotum, clavus, corium, and thoracic pleura. This species differs from the northern Queensland A. kurandae in the characters in the key and those noted above.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FBC3207642FFD6FF06C9F82C0AFA34	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Malipatil, M. B.	Malipatil, M. B. (2012): Australocorinae, a new subfamily of Geocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 3554: 75-88
03FBC3207642FFDAFF06CC9E2AD1FD96.text	03FBC3207642FFDAFF06CC9E2AD1FD96.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Australocoris monticolus Malipatil 2012	<div><p>Australocoris monticolus Malipatil, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 21–23)</p> <p>Type specimens: Holotype male, Bellenden Ker Range, Cable Tower 3, 1054 m, 17.x.–5.xi.1981 EARTHWATCH/ QLD MUSEUM, Beating, rainforest, in QM. Paratypes: 1m, 1f, Bellenden Ker Range, summit TV stn, 1560m, 17.x.–5.xi.1981, Pyrethrum knockdown, EARTHWATCH/QLD MUSEUM; 2 m, 2 f, same except Beating, rainforest; 3 m, 1f, same except Cable Tower 3, 1054 m, Pyrethrum knockdown; 2 m, 1f, same except beating rainforest; 1 f, same except Malaise trap, rainforest, all in QM.</p> <p>Other specimens: QUEENSLAND 1 f, Black Mtn, 17 km ESE of Julatten, 29–30. iv.1982, 800 – 1000 m, Monteith, Yeates &amp; Cook, Pyrethrum knockdown, in QM; 1 m, Hugh Nelson Ra 21 km S Atherton, 13.iii–1.vi. 1984, Malaise trap, in QDPI; 1 f, Mt Fisher, 7 km SW Millaa Millaa, Whiteing Rd, 5.v.1983, 1200 m, Monteith &amp; Yeates, pyrethrum knockdown rainforest, in QM; 1 f, South Bell Peak, Malbon Thompson Ra, 20–21.xi. 1990, 900 m, Monteith &amp; Thompson, in QM.</p> <p>FIGURES 14–18. Female genitalia. 14, 15, 17 of A. kurandae; 14, 15, ovipositor; 17, spermatheca. 16, 18, A. monticolus, spermatheca. Scale for Figs 17, 18 = 0.15 mm. Abbreviations: Ga, gonangulum; 1Gpo, 2Gpo, first and second gonapophysis; 1Gx, 2Gx, first and second gonocoxa; ptVIII, eighth paratergite; 1r, 2r, first and second ramus; sp8, spiracle of eighth segment.</p> <p>Description. Coloration (Fig. 3): Generally as in A. kurandae except: Antenna with 4 th segment almost wholly fuscous, except extreme base. Pronotum without a fuscous line down the middle, but with 5 short fuscous patches or spots along posterior margin. Abdomen above usually with distinct fuscous pattern (Figs. 10, 13).</p> <p>Measurements: holotype male, followed by ranges of 3 paratype specimens within round brackets.</p> <p>Body: Obovate, parallel-sided, length 5.20 (5.45–5.75), maximum width clearly more than head width across eyes, 1.84 (1.80–2.11).</p> <p>Head (Fig. 5): As in A. kurandae, except eyes rather slightly wrapped around anterior margin of pronotum, interocular space less than 0.6 times as wide as pronotal posterior margin. Head across eyes slightly less than maximum body width. Length of head 0.76 (0.73–0.85); width across eyes 1.68 (1.68–1.70); interocular space slightly over 2 times interocellar space, 0.92 (0.94–1.03); interocellar space 0.37 (0.32–0.41); eye-ocellar space 0.27 (0.27–0.29); eye length 0.50 (0.49–0.50); eye width 0.29 (0.29–0.32). Antennae, length of segments: I 0.37 (0.33–0.39); II 0.75 (0.78–0.86); III 0.52 (0.55–0.64); IV 0.73 (0.72–0.80). Bucculae as in Fig. 7. Labium extending to about mid coxae, length of segments: I 0.57 (0.62–0.64); II 0.57 (0.59–0.69); III 0.55 (0.55–0.62); IV 0.50 (0.49–0.52).</p> <p>Thorax: Pronotum (Figs. 3, 5), median length 1.03 (1.05–1.08); width at posterior margin 1.65 (1.74–1.80). Scutellum (Fig. 3, 5) length 0.73 (0.74–0.75); width 0.85 (0.85–0.90). Hemelytra (Fig. 3), length 3.68 (3.91–4.28); length of corium 2.56 (2.66–2.76); claval commissure 0.43 (0.50–0.52).</p> <p>Abdomen &amp; genitalia: Male. Of similar pattern as A. kurandae except median band on dorsum of phallotheca more prominent as in A. fuscomaculatus. Female. Abdominal terga sclerotised in pattern as in Fig. 10; posterolateral margins of 2 nd tergum with conspicuous fuscous spot. Sternum with small irregular fuscous spots on sublateral margins of sterna III–VI (Fig. 11). Spermatheca (Figs. 16, 18) short, bulb small and rather subspherical; duct gradually narrowing from base of bulb, short, without turns or loops. Ovipositor as in A. kurandae.</p> <p>Distribution. Only northern Queensland, from near Julatten (north of Cairns) to Bellenden Ker area in the north, but mostly restricted to higher altitudes, 800 to about 1560 m.</p> <p>Etymology. The species name “ monticolus ” alludes to its usually montane (high altitude, 800–1560 m) distribution.</p> <p>Notes. The species exhibits considerable variation in colour markings and the intensity and pattern of punctation even within one population.</p> <p>This species differs from A. kurandae in the characters in the key and the following combination of characters: Head with interocular space less than 0.6 times as wide as pronotal posterior margin, head across eyes slightly less than maximum body width, interocular space slightly over twice interocellar space, pronotum without a fuscous line down medially (but with only 5 short fuscous patches or spots along pronotal posterior margin), posterolateral margins of 2 nd tergum in male with conspicuous fuscous spot, and spermatheca (Fig. 16) short, with bulb rather subspherical, and duct gradually narrowing without turns or loops.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FBC3207642FFDAFF06CC9E2AD1FD96	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Malipatil, M. B.	Malipatil, M. B. (2012): Australocorinae, a new subfamily of Geocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 3554: 75-88
03FBC320764EFFDAFF06CBFD2CCAFB98.text	03FBC320764EFFDAFF06CBFD2CCAFB98.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Australocoris Malipatil 2012	<div><p>Key to the species of Australocoris</p> <p>1. Body wider than head across eyes; eyes rather wrapped around anterior margin of pronotum (Fig. 5) and appearing less prominently stalked; interocular space less than 0.6 times as wide as pronotal posterior margin; spermathecal duct short, without loops or coils (Figs. 16, 18)..................................................................... monticolus</p> <p>-. Body about as wide as or slightly narrower than head across eyes; eyes not wrapped around anterior margin of pronotum (Fig. 4, 6), but appearing more prominently stalked; interocular space about 0.7 or more times as wide as pronotal posterior margin; spermathecal duct long and tubular, with about 4 loops or turns (e.g., Fig. 17)..................................... 2</p> <p>2. Thorax ventrally with one small irregular fuscous spot on each thoracic pleura near coxal acetabula (Fig. 9); pronotum with a broad fuscous line medially, in females extending narrowly medially to tip of head (Fig. 6); sublateral fuscous patch on each side covering almost entire length of posterior lobe (Fig. 6)........................................ fuscomaculatus</p> <p>- Thorax ventrally without fuscous spot on each thoracic pleura near coxal acetabula (Fig. 8); pronotum with a narrow fuscous line medially (Fig. 4), in females not extending onto head; sublateral fuscous patch usually short, not covering almost entire length of posterior lobe (Fig. 4)................................................................... kurandae</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FBC320764EFFDAFF06CBFD2CCAFB98	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Malipatil, M. B.	Malipatil, M. B. (2012): Australocorinae, a new subfamily of Geocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 3554: 75-88
