Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 79. (Budapest 1987)

Merkl, O.: A review of the Australian species of the subtribe Lagriina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae)

Type material — Holotype, rf, labelled as follows: Kroombit Tops (Upper TA47 Ck.) 45 km SSW Calliope, Qld. 9-19 Dec 1983. Open forest. G. Monteith & G. Thompson Holotypus rf Ecnolagria monteithi Merkl, 1987 [red]. It is deposited in QMBA (register number: T 10.688). —-Paratypes : Queensland: labelled as holotvpe (1 çf, HNHM); Kroombit Tops, 65 km SW Gladstone, 1000-1100 m. 22-26. II. 1982, Monteith, Thompson Yeates (1 O, HNHM; 1 c/, 1$, QMBA, register numbers: T 10.689 and T 10.690; Kroombit Tops (Upper Kroombit Ck.), 45 km SSW Calliope, 9-19. XII. 1983, G. Monteith & G. Thompson (1 Ç, QMBA, register number: T: 10.691). Distribution: It is known only from the type locality (Queensland: Kroombit Tops near Calliope and Gladstone, fig. 88). Remarks — This species is closely related to Ecnolagria tomentosa. Males may be saparated from those of tomentosa by being broader (similar to females), by having the antennái segment VIII much less asymmetrical and hind tibiae with much more expressed denticulation. Females, however, are very similar to those of tomentosa; the only character which may separate them is the olivaceous tinge on the elytra of monteithi. I am pleased to dedicate this new species to Dr. G. B. Monteith (Brisbane), who kindly let me study the highly valuable material of QMBA. Stenolagria gen. n. Body small to medium-sized, rather slender, moderately convex, brownish to black with weak metallic sheen. Dorsal surface clothed with semierect and erect pubescence. Head and pronotum distinctly punctate. çf. H e a d with a more or less developed smooth interantennal swelling. Interocular distance narrower than eye diameter (IOI < 100). — Antennae long and slender. Segment I swollen, slightly elongate, longer than half of interantennal distance (50 •<• IAI < 80). Segment II longer than broad, segment II more than twice as long as wide at apex, segment XI at least as long as preceding combined. Segments VII to X more or less asymmetrical; segments IX and X expanded 3 endoapically. Segment XI stout, cylindrical, apex broadly rounded, feebly acuminate toward endo-