Abstract
Three new species of Birdantis Stal, 1863, B. virginiae n. sp., B. goemansi n. sp. and B. mouldsi n. sp. are described from Queensland, Australia. The species are endemic in Australia and compared to the other species of the mainly Papuan genus. Malegenitalia and habitus are illustrated. Distribution maps and an identification key are given. The genus Birdantis presently comprises twelve species distributed in New Guinea and neighbouring islands (Nagai and Porion, 1996). It is divided into two subgenera: Birdantis Stal, 1863 (ten species and one subspecies), and Myrilla Distant 1888 (two species) (Fennah, 1977; Nagai and Porion, 1996). The genus is close to the Oriental Polydictya Guerin-Meneville, 1844 and Gehenna Stal, 1863, and the Australian Desudaboides Musgrave, 1927 (Lallemand, 1963; Nagai and Porion, 1996; Constant, 2010).
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