BAMBARA TESTACEA (BRITTEN, 1926), AN ADVENTIVE FEATHERWING BEETLE (COLEOPTERA: PTILIIDAE) NEW TO THE AUSTRALIAN FAUNA

摘要

Recent surveys in and around Brisbane have resulted in the discovery of populations of a previously unrecorded species of Ptiliidae. The species, Bambara testacea (Britten, 1926), has been found to be well established in urban and suburban environments in Brisbane as well as in remnant patches of natural vegetation and in disturbed areas bordering nature reserves. The newly recorded species is briefly characterised taxonomically and ecologically in the context of the Australian fauna.