Review and reclassification of the Old World genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) Author Stehlík, Jaroslav L. Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Hviezdoslavova 29 a, CZ- 627 00 Brno – Slatina, Czech Republic text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2013 2013-11-15 53 2 505 584 journal article 2413 10.5281/zenodo.5739959 956fa4e4-8b18-4c70-94b2-5722d5348180 0374-1036 5739959 8D64B275-C6AF-411E-B79D-A3EBEB3D093FD Physopelta ( Neophysopelta ) australis Blöte, 1933 Physopelta australis Blöte, 1933: 589 (description, distribution). SYNTYPES : 3 ♀♀ , Australia , Northern Territory , Darwin (BMNH). Physopelta australis : CASSIS & GROSS (2002) : 626 (catalogue, distribution). Type material examined. SYNTYPES : 2 ♀♀ ( BMNH ), ‘Co- / type [p, white round label with yellow margin] // AUSTRALIA / Darwin N. T. / G. F. Hill. [hw, white label] // Pres. by / Imp. Inst. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1932-359 [p, white label] // Physopelta / australis ♀ [hw] / det. Blöte [p] / Cotype. [hw, white label]’; 1 ♀ ( BMNH ), ‘Co- / type [p, white round label with yellow margin] // G. F. Hill / Darwin, N. T. [p, white label] // Pres. by / Imp. Inst. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1932-359 [p, white label] // 359 [hw, white label] // Physopelta / australis ♀ [hw] / det. Blöte [p] / Cotype. [hw, white label] ’. Additional material examined. AUSTRALIA : NORTHERN TERRITORY: Port Darwin , no date, 1 ♂, no collector, P. Kment det. ( BMNH ) ; Darwin , 27.–30.ix.1953 , 1 ♀ , G. F. Gross lgt., P. Kment det. ( BMNH ) ; Mary river , 100 km W of Jabiru , 1.–4.xi.1984 , 3 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀ , M. & B. Baehr lgt. ( ZSMC ) ; Stapleton , no date, 1 ♀ , G. F. Hill lgt., P. Kment det. ( BMNH ) ; 70 km SW of Mataranka , 15°19′S 132°50′E , 190 m a.s.l. , 22.–23.xii.2008 , 1 ♀ , S. Jákl lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC ) ; Nitmiluk N.P. , Edit Falls , 24°18′S 131°34′E , 37 m a.s.l, 3.xi.2008 , 1 ♀ , S. Jákl lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC ) ; Victoria Road , 110 km to Kununnura , 15°57′S 129°33′E , 76 m a.s.l. , 30.xi.2008 , 1♀ , S. Jákl lgt., P.Kment det. ( MMBC ) ; 25 km SE of Katherine , near Cutta Cutta Caves , 14°31′S 132°25′E , 168 m a.s.l. , 23.–31.xii.2008 , 1♀ , S. Jákl lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC ). – WESTERN AUSTRALIA : Kununnura (campground), 15°46.04′S 128°44.84′E , 64 m a.s.l. , light traps , 14.–16.iv.2009 , 1 ♀ , V. Ryjáček lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC ) ; Ord river , 105 krn N of Hall’s Creek , 15.–16.xi.1984 , 9 ♂♂ 11 ♀♀ , M. & B. Baehr lgt. ( ZSMC ) ; Ord river , by Ivanhoe , 11.–13.xi.1984 , 1 ♀ , M. & B. Baehr lgt. ( ZSMC ) ; Fitzroy Crossing , 18.–20.xi.1984 , 6 ♂♂ 8 ♀♀ , M. & B. Baehr lgt. ( ZSMC ) ; 2 km East of Karratha , 38 m a.s.l. , 19.ii.2006 , 1 ♂ 1 ♀ , M. Baehr lgt. ( ZSMC ) ; 135 km N of Hall’s Creek , 14.–15.xi..1984, 7 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀ , M. & B. Baehr lgt. ( ZSMC ). Figs 30–34. Physopelta ( Neophysopelta ) gutta gutta ( Burmeister, 1834 ) , male, paramere (different orientations, magnification 190×). Scale bars: 0.2 mm. (SEM micrographs: P. Kment). Distribution. Australia : Northern Territory ( BLÖTE 1933 , CASSIS & GROSS 2002 ), Queensland ( CASSIS & GROSS 2002 ), Western Australia (new record).