Tribe Cyathigerini Schaufuss, 1872

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• Cyathigerini Schaufuss, L.W. 1872. Tabellen-Entwurf zur Bestimmung der Pselaphiden-Gattungen. Nunquam Otiosus (Dresden) 2: 243-248 [245].

  Type genus:

   Cyathiger King, 1865.

Introduction

The Cyathigerini currently holds five genera, which are found from central Africa through the Oriental Region to Australia and Japan (Chandler 2001: 395).

Diagnosis

Readily recognized by the distinctive antennae and body form. Body densely punctate; venter with impressions, sulci, and ridges where head and appendages are folded or placed. Head and pronotum with vertexal foveae lacking or faint; with 6-10 antennomeres, last antennomeres much larger than preceding antennomeres; with ocular-mandibular carinae; ventrolateral margins beneath eyes sharply rounded to carinate; with median gular ridge. Pronotum lacking paranotal carinae. Abdomen with visible tergites 1-3 (IV-VI) and visible sternites 1-4 (III-VI) fused into a cylinder, lacking paratergites, lateral margins each indicated by single carina; visible tergite 1 (IV) lacking basomedial impression and foveae. Visible sternite 2 (IV) with deep setose basolateral sulcus. Meso- and metatrochanters with dorsal margins short, dorsal margins of femora close to coxae; tarsi with 1 claw.

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] [395]

Jeannel, R. 1951. Psélaphides de l'Angola (Coléoptères) recueillis par M. A. Barros Machado. Publicaçoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 9: 1-125 [108]

Leleup, N. 1974. Contributions a l'etude des Coleopteres Pselaphides de l'Afrique. 15. Révision et position systématique du genre Cyathigerodes Jeannel (Bythininae Cyathigerini). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 88: 625-673 [629]

Raffray, A. 1890. Étude sur le Psélaphides. V. Tableux synoptiques. - Notes et synonymie. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 9: 81-172 [Date published March-June 1890] [133]

Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [300]

General 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]

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