| abstract | We report the first known occurrence of Triplogyniidae in Australia and describe a new species, Funkotriplogynium iagobadius, from subtropical to tropical rainforests in eastern Queensland. We use the ontogenetic addition of setae to tentatively assign designations using the system of Lindquist and Evans (1965). Adults and nymphs were common in bracket fungi growing on logs, and could be collected from forest litter, especially around logs. One individual was found on a passalid beetle (Pharochilus dilatus). Adults, nymphs and larvae are predators of insects, mites and nematodes. Triplogynium irapora Flechtmann is transferred to Funkotriplogynium. |