Aproida monteithi Samuelson 1989

Notes on Aproida monteithi Samuelson, 1989 (Fig. 4–11, 17) Known from only the male holotype (Fig. 4–8) and female paratype (Fig. 9–11), in QMBA, collected together and with data as on pictured labels. The type and only known locality (Fig. 14, 17) is Thornton Peak which is the highest point of the Thornton Uplands sector of the Wet Tropics Biogeographic Region of Australia (Bryant and Krosch 2016; Yeates and Monteith 2008), The Thornton Uplands is bordered by the Bloomfield River valley to the north and the Daintree River valley to the south. Thornton Peak has many other insect endemics and a summary of them and history of collecting there, with additional photographs, are given by Theischinger (2019). Samuelson (1989) described mouthparts and genitalia (Fig. 6–7) from the dissected holotype. The male does not have modifications of the protibia and profemora as seen in A. cribrata and A. balyi. The female allotype was not dissected but he inferred it was female based on differences in the abdominal apex. The antennae have two apical antennomeres cream, contrasting with the dark brown basal articles.