Subtribe Bythinoplectina Schaufuss, 1890

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bythinoplectina Schaufuss, L.W. 1890. System-Schema der Pselaphiden, ein Blick in die Vorzeit, in die Gegenwart und in die Zukunft. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 33: 101-162, plate [plate].
• Zethini Schaufuss, L.W. 1890. System-Schema der Pselaphiden, ein Blick in die Vorzeit, in die Gegenwart und in die Zukunft. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 33: 101-162, plate [plate] [based on preoccupied generic name].

  Type genus:

   Zethus Schaufuss, 1872 [not Zethus Fabricius, 1805 or Pander, 1830].
• Zethopsina Jeannel, R. 1952. Psélaphides recueillis par N. Leleup au Congo Belge. IV. Faune de l'Itombwe et de la Forêt de Rugege. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren Série 8o: Sciences Zoologiques 11: 1-295 [51] [nom. nov. for Zethini Schaufuss, 1890].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Newton, A.F. & Chandler, D.S. 1989. World Catalog of the Genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana Zoology ns 53: 1-93 [Date published 28 April 1989] [5] (Bythinoplectina Schaufuss, 1890 has priority over Zethopsina Jeannel, 1952)

Introduction

This subtribe currently holds 65 genera. Two of these genera occur in Australia, with Dichocoryna originally described from the Neotropics, and Zethopsus known from the eastern Oriental Region (Chandler 2001: 76).

Diagnosis

Head with excavations holding maxillary palpi completely open laterally, posterior margins of excavation extend to anterior margin of eyes, eyes posterior to base of frontal rostrum.

ID Keys

See key to genera under Bythinoplectini.

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] [76]

Coulon, G. 1989. Révision générique des Bythinoplectini Schaufuss, 1890 (= Pyxidicerini Raffray, 1903, syn. nov.) (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae, Faroninae). Mémoires de la Société Royale Entomologie de Belgique 34: 1-282 [80]

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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