Genus Abascantodes Strand, 1928

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• Abascantodes Strand, E. 1928. Nomenclatorische Bemerkungen über einige Coleopteren-Gattungen. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt. Troppau 2(1): 2-3 [Date published Mar. 31, 1928] [2] [nom. nov. for Abascantus Schaufuss, 1886].

  Type species:

   Abascantus sannio Schaufuss by monotypy.
• Abascantus Schaufuss, L.W. 1886. Beschreibung neuer Pselaphiden aus der Sammlung des Museum Ludwig Salvator. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna Brasiliens, der Kgl. Niederlaendischen Besitzungen in Indien und Neuhollands. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 29: 241-296, pls 10-11 [Date published May 1886] [258] [junior homonym of Abascantus Stal, 1864].

  Type species:

   Abascantus sannio Schaufuss, 1886 by monotypy (for redescription, see (Raffray, A., 1900) [233]; not Abascantus Stål).
• Abascantis Strand, E. 1928. Nomenclatorische Bemerkungen über einige Coleopteren-Gattungen. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt. Troppau 2(1): 2-3 [Date published Mar. 31, 1928] [2] [misspelling].
• Abascautus Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [390] [misspelling].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Strand, E. 1928. Nomenclatorische Bemerkungen über einige Coleopteren-Gattungen. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt. Troppau 2(1): 2-3 [Date published Mar. 31, 1928] [2]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

A single species is known.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia

Diagnosis

Head with vertexal foveae indistinct; antennomeres I long and thin; fourth segments of maxillary palpi widest near middles, constricted near apices and then flared
to form distinct rims that encircle large sensory areas, rims denticulate on lateral margins. Pronotum with median and antebasal foveae indistinct, lacking antebasal sulcus. Abdomen with visible tergite 1 (IV) longest, 4 (VII) slightly shorter.

 

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] [414]

Raffray, A. 1900. Australian Pselaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 131-249, pl. 1 [Date published 8 Aug. 1900] [233]

Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [390] (as Abascautus)

 

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)