Notointybia cavicornis

A soft‐winged flower beetle at Coree, ACT

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Identification history

Notointybia cavicornis	19 Oct 2020	michaelb
Dicranolaius sp. (genus)	26 Aug 2020	michaelb
Unidentified	25 Aug 2020	JohnBundock

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12 comments

michaelb wrote:

26 Aug 2020

It looks a bit like Dicranolaius bellulus, but notable difference in colouring of antennae.

liuzhh22 wrote:

19 Oct 2020

I found a few at Woodstock Nature Reserve near Shepherd Lookout as well, it should be Notointybia carvicornis (Lea, 1909).

michaelb wrote:

19 Oct 2020

Thanks for your suggestion, but I can't find any reference to Notointybia carvicornis. Can you please check the spelling?

JohnBundock wrote:

19 Oct 2020

Notointybia cavicornis

liuzhh22 wrote:

19 Oct 2020

Thank you, it's cavicornis for sure.

michaelb wrote:

19 Oct 2020

Hi Liuz, can you please give me an internet reference?

liuzhh22 wrote:

19 Oct 2020

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aen.12481. Here is the link to the paper describing the genus Notointybia, members of which were included in Intybia and Dicranolaius before.

michaelb wrote:

19 Oct 2020

Sorry, that link is Dutch to me. Can you give me a more precise reference, to the species, and a photo of the species, with old or new name?
Are you an entomologist?

liuzhh22 wrote:

19 Oct 2020

Yep, I'm working on taxonomy of beetles. Actually I can send you the paper with images, but I don't know how I can do that in this website. And I uploaded a sightseeing of this species with a clearer photo as well just now.

michaelb wrote:

19 Oct 2020

I found a reference to Intybia cavicornis on ALA, no photo tho, was that its old name?
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9e3dd737-427a-4d0e-97eb-2a909972c34a

liuzhh22 wrote:

19 Oct 2020

Yes, that's the old name for it. Dicranolaius has combs on the second front tarsomere in male, while Notointybia doesn't and the fore tarsus in male reduced to four segments or has the trace of fusion.

michaelb wrote:

19 Oct 2020

Thanks Liuzhh, that was very helpful !

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