Genus Physoplectus Reitter, 1882
- Physoplectus Reitter, E. 1882 [1881]. Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung der Clavigeriden und Pselaphiden. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 20: 177-211 [Date published 1882] [210].
Type species:
Euplectus armipes Raffray, 1882 by subsequent monotypy, see Reitter, E. 1885. Abbildungen und Bemerkungen zu wenig gekannten Pselaphiden-Gattungen mit Beschreibungen neuer Arten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 29: 333-339, pls 2-3 [338]. - Halorabyxis Jeannel, R. 1954 [1953]. Les Pselaphides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Série E: Entomologie 4: 151-344 [Date published 1954] [338].
Type species:
Halorabyxis vinsoni Jeannel, 1954 by original designation. - Thalassomerus Sawada, K. 1992. New genus and species of intertidal Brachyglutini (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae) from Japan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 40: 55-60 [55].
Type species:
Thalassomerus reikoae Sawada, 1992 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Chandler, D.S. 2001. Biology, morphology, and systematics of the ant-like litter beetle genera of Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Gainesville, FL : Memoirs on Entomology, International Vol. 15 viii + 560 pp. [Date published 30 April 2001] [348] (synonymy of both genera)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Mauritius
- Somalia
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: Torres Strait Islands
- French Polynesia
Palaearctic Region
- Japan
Diagnosis
Head with large setose vertexal foveae; weak antennal clubs formed by apical 3 antennomeres; ocular canthi developed as spines beneath eyes; ventrolateral margins beneath eyes concave; narrow gular carina prominent and angular; fourth segments of maxillary palpi elongate. Pronotum with 3 large subequal setose antebasal foveae. Elytra with 2 basal foveae, discal stria elongate; subhumeral foveae and sulci present. Visible tergite 1 (IV) convex at base, lacking mediobasal foveae; visible sternite 2 (IV) with basolateral sulci.
Diagnosis References
Chandler, D.S. 2001. Biology, morphology, and systematics of the ant-like litter beetle genera of Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Gainesville, FL : Memoirs on Entomology, International Vol. 15 viii + 560 pp. [Date published 30 April 2001] [346]
Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [262]
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |