Physopelta (Neophysopelta) australis Blöte, 1933

Physopelta australis Blöte, 1933: 589 (description, distribution).

SYNTYPES: 3 ♀♀, Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin (BMNH).

Physopelta australis: CASSIS & GROSS (2002): 626 (catalogue, distribution).

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 2 ♀♀ (BMNH), ‘Co- / type [p, white round label with yellow margin] // AUSTRALIA / Darwin N. T. / G. F. Hill. [hw, white label] // Pres. by / Imp. Inst. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1932-359 [p, white label] // Physopelta / australis ♀ [hw] / det. Blöte [p] / Cotype. [hw, white label]’; 1 ♀ (BMNH), ‘Co- / type [p, white round label with yellow margin] // G. F. Hill / Darwin, N. T. [p, white label] // Pres. by / Imp. Inst. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1932-359 [p, white label] // 359 [hw, white label] // Physopelta / australis ♀ [hw] / det. Blöte [p] / Cotype. [hw, white label] ’.

Additional material examined. AUSTRALIA: NORTHERN TERRITORY: Port Darwin, no date, 1 ♂, no collector, P. Kment det. (BMNH) ; Darwin, 27.–30.ix.1953, 1 ♀, G. F. Gross lgt., P. Kment det. (BMNH) ; Mary river, 100 km W of Jabiru, 1.–4.xi.1984, 3 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀, M. & B. Baehr lgt. (ZSMC) ; Stapleton, no date, 1 ♀, G. F. Hill lgt., P. Kment det. (BMNH) ; 70 km SW of Mataranka, 15°19′S 132°50′E, 190 m a.s.l., 22.–23.xii.2008, 1 ♀, S. Jákl lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC) ; Nitmiluk N.P., Edit Falls, 24°18′S 131°34′E, 37 m a.s.l, 3.xi.2008, 1 ♀, S. Jákl lgt., P. Kment det. (MMBC) ; Victoria Road, 110 km to Kununnura, 15°57′S 129°33′E, 76 m a.s.l., 30.xi.2008, 1♀, S. Jákl lgt., P.Kment det. (MMBC) ; 25 km SE of Katherine, near Cutta Cutta Caves, 14°31′S 132°25′E, 168 m a.s.l., 23.–31.xii.2008, 1♀, S. Jákl lgt., P. Kment det. (MMBC). – WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Kununnura (campground), 15°46.04′S 128°44.84′E, 64 m a.s.l., light traps, 14.–16.iv.2009, 1 ♀, V. Ryjáček lgt., P. Kment det. (MMBC) ; Ord river, 105 krn N of Hall’s Creek, 15.–16.xi.1984, 9 ♂♂ 11 ♀♀, M. & B. Baehr lgt. (ZSMC) ; Ord river, by Ivanhoe, 11.–13.xi.1984, 1 ♀, M. & B. Baehr lgt. (ZSMC) ; Fitzroy Crossing, 18.–20.xi.1984, 6 ♂♂ 8 ♀♀, M. & B. Baehr lgt. (ZSMC) ; 2 km East of Karratha, 38 m a.s.l., 19.ii.2006, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, M. Baehr lgt. (ZSMC) ; 135 km N of Hall’s Creek, 14.–15.xi..1984, 7 ♂♂ 5 ♀♀, M. & B. Baehr lgt. (ZSMC).

Distribution. Australia: Northern Territory (BLÖTE 1933, CASSIS & GROSS 2002), Queensland (CASSIS & GROSS 2002), Western Australia (new record).