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Diorygopyx duplodentatus
Distribution
Known only from Gibraltar Range and Washpool National Parks, New South Wales.
Description
Total length 6.0-7.5mm.
Head: Clypeal teeth separated, strongly doubled, the lower portion prominent and extendiing beyond the upper. Surface densely covered with small punctures.
Prothorax: Pronotal surface densely punctate with small punctures.
Elytra: Smooth, shiny, minutely punctate. Striae distinct. Edges of humeral pseudepipleura distinct, sharply folded.
Sterna: Lateral edges of median lobe of metasternum narrowly margined, inner edge of margin feebly curved.
Legs: Fore tibiae slender up to apical expansion, which
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Authors: Rebecca Harris & Dr. Chris Reid