Genus Agatyrus Broun, 1917

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• Agatyrus Broun, T. 1917. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera (Part V). Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute 1: 347-474 [Date published 26 Jun 1917] [382].

  Type species:

   Agatyrus fulvihirtus Broun, 1917 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

2 species, one each from Tasmania and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania
• New Zealand

Diagnosis

Head with frontal and vertexal foveae; maxillary palpi with apical 3 segments basally pedunculate. Pronotum with median and lateral antebasal foveae, lacking antebasal sulcus. Elytra and metasternum short. Abdomen with visible tergite 4 (VII) longest, 1-3 (IV-VI) nearly as long and subequal in length.

 

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] [417]

 

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)