Genus Okella Chandler, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Okella 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] [66].

  Type species:

   Okella parallelus Chandler, 2001 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Based on a single Australian species.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria

Diagnosis

Head with deep, setose vertexal foveae connected by arcuate vertexal sulcus; frontal rostrum prominent; bulbous vertex expanded posteriorly. Pronotum with lateral margins broadly convex, sharply notched near base; lacking antebasal foveae; lacking procoxal foveae. Elytra lacking basal and subhumeral foveae. Lacking median mesosternal fovea; lateral mesosternal foveae punctiform. Abdomen prolonged, evenly acuminate from middle to apex; visible tergite 1 (IV) longest.

 

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] [66]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)