Genus Chalcoplectus Oke, 1925

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chalcoplectus Oke, C. 1925. New Australian Coleoptera. Victorian Naturalist 42(1): 6-15 [13].

  Type species:

   Chalcoplectus depressus Oke, 1925 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

The genus is based on a single Australian species.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, 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
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Victoria

Diagnosis

Head with frontal rostrum very broad; vertexal foveae small, large setose frontal fovea; maxillary palpi with third and fourth segments briefly pedunculate. Pronotum with large setose median and lateral antebasal foveae, lacking antebasal sulcus. Visible abdominal tergites subequal in length. Legs with second tarsomeres short, lengthily lobed beneath third tarsomeres.

 

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] [419]

 

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)