Genus Eudranes Sharp, 1892

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• Eudranes Sharp, D. 1892. Descriptions of two new Pselaphidae found by Mr. J. J. Walker in Australia and China. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 28: 240-242 [Date published Sept. 1892] [241].

  Type species:

   Eudranes carinatus Sharp, 1892 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

2 species are known, both from Australia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Diagnosis

Head with small nude vertexal fovea, small frontal fovea setose; maxillary palpi small, third segments with small lateral spines near apices. Pronotum with median and lateral antebasal foveae. Abdomen with visible tergites 1-3 (IV-VI) bearing prominent thick discal carinae; paratergites of these segments appearing lobed due to longitudinal sulci marking off outer margins.

 

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] [466]

 

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)