Genus Aphilia Reitter, 1882
- Aphilia Reitter, E. 1882 [1881]. Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung der Clavigeriden und Pselaphiden. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 20: 177-211 [Date published 1882] [210].
Type species:
Aphilia femorata Reitter, 1883 by subsequent monotypy, see Reitter, E. 1883. Beitrag zur Pselaphiden- und Scydmaeniden-Fauna von Java und Borneo. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 32: 283-302 [Date published 1882] [297]. - Pseudozibus Jeannel, R. 1956. Sur quelques Pselaphides nouveaux de l'Afrique intertropicale. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 7: 359-377 [365] [junior subjective synonym of Aphilia Reitter, 1882].
Type species:
Pseudozibus simplicipennis Jeannel, 1956 by original designation. - Aphiliopsis Besuchet, C. 1956. Révision des genres Zibus, Saulcyella, Aphiliops et description d'un genre nouveau (Col. Pselaphidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft / Bulletin of the Société Entomologique Suisse 29: 363-372 [369] [junior subjective synonym of Aphilia Reitter, 1882].
Type species:
Aphiliops crassipes Raffray, 1908 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Jeannel, R. 1958. Révision des Psélaphides du Japon. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] ns, Série A: Zoologie 18: 1-138 [6] (synonymy of Aphiliopsis)
- 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] [242] (synonymy of Pseudozibus)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
This genus holds 10 species.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
- Italy
Diagnosis
Head with distant, punctiform vertexal foveae; lacking antennal tubercles. Pronotum lacking median antebasal fovea and sulcus; lacking lateral antebasal foveae; prosternum broadly convex; lacking prosternal foveae. Elytra lacking basal foveae; lacking discal stria; lacking subhumeral fovea. Median mesosternal fovea small; large lateral mesosternal foveae continuous internally; lacking lateral mesocoxal and lateral metasternal foveae. 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] [240]
Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [63]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |