Genus Collacerothorax Lea, 1912

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• Collacerothorax Lea, A.M. 1912. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part IX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 426-478, pl. XVII [Date published 8 Feb. 1912] [450].

  Type species:

   Collacerothorax sculpticeps Lea, 1912 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

This genus is based on 2 Australian species.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Diagnosis

Head with median longitudinal sulcus on vertex; with single vertexal fovea; with additional setose longitudinal sulci just dorsal to eyes; head base with four posteriorly directed spines; maxillary palpi with third and fourth segments briefly pedunculate at bases. Pronotum with setose median and lateral longitudinal sulci elongate and obscuring antebasal foveae, lacking antebasal sulcus. Abdomen with visible tergites 2-3 (V-VI) 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] [424]

 

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)