Genus Bellenden Chandler, 2001

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Genus Bellenden Chandler, 2001

Bellenden 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] [504].
Type species:
Bellenden monteithi Chandler, 2001 by original designation.
Buobellenden Yin Z-W., Nomura, S. & Zhao M-J. 2009. Buobellenden jingyuanensis gen. et sp. nov. of the subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Northwestern China. Zootaxa 2083: 65-68 [65].
Type species:
Buobellenden jingyuanensis Yin & Nomura, 2009 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Yin, Z-W. & Jiang, R-X. 2016. Taxonomic notes on the genus Bellenden Chandler (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae). ZooKeys 638: 27-32 [28]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

A single species from Australia is known.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Diagnosis

Head with setose median notch at apex of frontal rostrum; maxillary palpi with second and fourth segments elongate, fourth segments thickened through length. Pronotum with median and lateral antebasal foveae distinct and punctiform, lacking antebasal sulcus.

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] [504]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Feb-2017	Bellenden Chandler, 2001	10-Feb-2017	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall Dr Alberto Venchi
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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