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Australembia rileyi

 
Animal Encyclopedia: Australembia rileyi
(No common name)

FAMILY

Australembiidae

TAXONOMY

Metoligotoma rileyi Davis, 1940, Queensland, Australia.

OTHER COMMON NAMES

None known.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Both sexes apterous; males with large maxillary palp, elongate submentum, and one-segmented left cercus.

DISTRIBUTION

Restricted to savanna zones of North Queensland, Australia.

HABITAT

Under leaf litter.

BEHAVIOR

Nothing is known.

FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET

Feeds on vegetable detritus.

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

Nothing is known.

CONSERVATION STATUS

Not threatened.

SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS

None known.

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