Syndicus (s. str.) kingii (King)

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Syndicus (s. str.) kingii (King); Franz, 1971: 13, Fig. 1; 1975a: 134; Jałoszyński, 2004: 71, Figs. 24 I–J, 27K, 31A–I, 32H. Phagonophana kingii King, 1864: 92.

Material studied. Paralectotypes: AUSTRALIA: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, originally mounted on one card (remounted separately during present study), with " K 23231 " [white, handwritten] and "K 197802" [white, printed] and " Phagonophana / kingii / 156" [white, handwritten], registered by AMS as syntypes from Paramatta, New South Wales (AMS). Additional specimens: AUSTRALIA: 4 ♂, Queensland, Atherton, Mjöberg leg., date unknown (NHRS); 1 ♀, Queensland, Herberton, Mjöberg leg., date unknown except for January (NHRS); 1 ♀, Queensland, Cedar Creek, Mjöberg leg., date unknown except for April (NHRS); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Queensland, 2 km NE Mt. Coonowrin, "slime mould under bark", 6.vi.1992, leg. C. Reid (ANIC, cPJ); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Queensland, Peters Creek, Conondale Range, 26.682ºS, 152.567ºE, "barkspray", 26.ii.2010, leg. G. Monteith (ANIC); 1 ♀, 1 ex., Queensland, Kuranda, "1/50, J.G. Brooks" (ANIC); 1 ♂, Queensland, Gayndah (very old specimen identified as Phagonophana kingii, on permanent loan from MacLeay Museum, University of Sydney) (ANIC); 1 ♀, New South Wales, Federal Highway, 22.xi.1960, leg. B.P. Moore (ANIC); 1 ♂, New South Wales, Federal Highway, 5.x.1963, leg. B.P. Moore (ANIC); 1 ♀, New South Wales, Ballina, at light, 20.xi.1980, leg. D.P. Carne (ANIC); New South Wales, Acacia Creek, J. Armstrong (ANIC); 1 ♀, New South Wales, McPherson State Forest, 33º09'S, 151º12'E, under bark of dead fallen tree, 7.ix.1990, leg. T. Gush (ANIC); 3 ♂, 1 ♀, New South Wales, Benandarah State Forest, 35º38'S, 150º13'E, under bark of dead fallen tree, 25.viii.1990, leg. T. Gush (ANIC, cPJ); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, New South Wales (very old specimens identified as Phagonophana kingii, on permanent loan from MacLeay Museum, University of Sydney) (ANIC); 1 ♂, New South Wales, Rope's Creek (very old specimen misidentified as Phagonophana latipennis) (ANIC).

Distribution (Fig. 34). Already recorded from New South Wales and Queensland; here recorded from new localities along the eastern coast of Australia.