Species Durbos formosus (King, 1863)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tyrus formosus King, R.L. 1863. On the Pselaphidae of Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 37-54, pl. V [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K209098 ♀ (AM w/M 3F, Tyrus formosus K, Paramatta), Parramatta, NSW [33° 48' 55" S 151° 4" E].
• Durbos affinis Schaufuss, L.W. 1886. Beschreibung neuer Pselaphiden aus der Sammlung des Museum Ludwig Salvator. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna Brasiliens, der Kgl. Niederlaendischen Besitzungen in Indien und Neuhollands. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 29: 241-296, pls 10-11 [Date published May 1886] [291] [junior subjective synonym of Tyrus formosus King, 1863].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀ (//Tasmanie/ affinis type//), TAS.
• Schaufussia angustior Raffray, A. 1883. Psélaphides nouveaux ou peu connus. Deuxieme memoire. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 2: 229-251, pls 4-5 [Date published Sept. 1883] [239] [attrib. Schaufuss in litt. Junior subjective synonym of Tyrus formosus King, 1863].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀ (Holotype female. MNHP w/3F //New South Wales// Marked as brevior but never described under that name), NSW.
• Bryaxis brevis Schaufuss, L.W. 1880. Beschreibung sechzig neuer Pselaphiden. In: Der Société entomologique de Belgique zu Brüssel zur Feier Ihres fünfundzwanzigsten Stiftungstages die herzlichsten Festgrüsse aus dem Museum Ludwig Salvator in Oberblasewitz-Dresden. Dresden-Oberblasewitz : F. Thomas pp. 5-35. [22] [junior subjective synonym of Tyrus formosus King, 1863].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP ♂♀ (MNHP w/1M7F //Schaufussia brevis Tasmania//), TAS; DEIB (DEIB w/8 //Tasmania//), TAS.
• Durbos intermedius Schaufuss, L.W. 1886. Beschreibung neuer Pselaphiden aus der Sammlung des Museum Ludwig Salvator. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna Brasiliens, der Kgl. Niederlaendischen Besitzungen in Indien und Neuhollands. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 29: 241-296, pls 10-11 [Date published May 1886] [292] [junior subjective synonym of Tyrus formosa King, 1863].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀ (MNHP w/F HT //Australie/ [I can't read label]//), Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Raffray, A. 1883. Psélaphides nouveaux ou peu connus. Deuxieme memoire. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 2: 229-251, pls 4-5 [Date published Sept. 1883] [239] (synonymy of angustior)
• Raffray, A. 1896. Notes synonymiques sur les Psélaphides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 65: 131-137 [132] (synonymy of affinis, brevis and intermedia with formosus)

 

Generic Combinations

• Durbos formosus (King, 1863).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis References

Raffray, A. 1883. Psélaphides nouveaux ou peu connus. Deuxieme memoire. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 2: 229-251, pls 4-5 [Date published Sept. 1883] [239] (redescription of brevis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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