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RECLASSIFICATION OF SUBFAMILY AGRYPNINAE 239 
collections but these specimens cannot be found in his collection in the MNHN, 
Paris. 
Lewis (1894 : 30) recorded scobinula from Japan. The BMNH collection contains 
three specimens, one with Lewis’s determination label, from the Lewis collection. 
These specimens, in which the metathorax is reduced in length and wings are 
absent, are not conspecific with the lectotype of scobinula Candéze. 
Rismethus squamiger (Champion) 
Meristhus squamigey Champion, 1894 : 269; pl. 11, fig. 14. 
Rismethus squamigey (Champion) Golbach, 1969a@ : 141. 
LECTOTYPE (present designation). Right hand of two specimens on one 
card, right antenna missing, GUATEMALA: 3, Duenas, Guatemala, G. C. Champion; 
BCA coll. III(r) Meristhus [printed] squamiger [Champ.]; sp. figured (BMNH). 
Paralectotypes: Specimen beside lectotype and 7 ex, with same locality and 
determination labels as the lectotype (BMNH). 2 ex, ibidem (MNHN, Paris). 
2 ex, Guatemala City, 500 ft, Champion; determination labels as lectotype. 2 ex 
on one card, San Geronimo, Vera Paz, Champion; determination label as lectotype. 
I ex, Capetillo, Guatemala, G. C. Champion; determination label as lectotype. 
I ex, Santarem, Bates coll.; Janson coll. 1903.130; squamiger Ch. [Champ.]; Meristhus 
scobinula Cdz. [Janson]. 2 ex, Teapa, Mexico; Janson coll. 1903 : 130; squamiger 
Champ. [Champ.]; Meristhus scobinula Cdze [Janson] (BMNH). 
TRIERS Candéze 
Trievs Candéze, 1900 : 78 (3). Type-species: Tviers vamitarsas Candéze, by monotypy. 
GENERIC DIAGNOSIS. Each tarsal claw with a group of setae near the base (Text-fig. 11). 
Tibial spurs absent (Text-fig. 10). Mesepisternum and mesepimeron do not form part of the 
margin of the mesocoxal cavity (Text-fig. 2). Second and third antennal segments small, 
subequal, each smaller than the fourth and following segments (Text-fig. 13). Antennal groove 
not extending beyond the anterior two-thirds of the prosternopleural suture. Body clothed with 
scales. Prothorax not constricted behind the anterior angles; lateral margin of the prothorax 
carinate. Propleurae and metasternum without distinct grooves or depressions for the 
reception of the tarsi of the anterior and middle legs. Scutellum without longitudinal carina. 
First four tarsal segments expanded laterally (Text-fig. 17). 
HISTORY OF THE GENUS. The genus was established for a single species from 
Australia which differs from all other known Agrypninae in that the first four 
tarsal segments are expanded laterally. 
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM, BIOLOGY AND HABITS. Nothing is known of the life history 
and habits of this species. It is not known whether this species displays sexual 
dimorphism. 
THE SPECIES INCLUDED IN THE GENUS 
| At the present time only one species is known. 
