Genus Diabaticus Bates, 1878

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• Diabaticus Bates, H.W. 1878. New genera and species of Carabidae from Tasmania. Cistula Entomologica 2: 317-326 [324].

  Type species:

   Plochionus australis Erichson, 1842 by monotypy.

Introduction

Baehr (2012) raised Diabaticus from subgeneric status within Trigonothops to full genus status.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

General References

Baehr, M. 2010. A new species of the genus Diabaticus Bates from eastern Australia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini). Spixiana (Munich) 33(1): 59-63 [Date published 31-VII-2010] [62] (key to species)

Baehr, M. 2012. Two new species of the genus Diabaticus Bates from South Australia (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 136(1): 25-44 (raised to full genus status)

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