Species Euplectus karstenii (Reichenbach, 1816)

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• Pselaphus karstenii Reichenbach, H.T.L. 1816. Monographia Pselaphorum. Dissertatio entomologica. Amplissimi philosophorum ordinis auctoritate illustris ictorum ordinis concessu in auditorio iuridico. Lipsiae : I.B. Hirschfeld 80 pp. 2 pls. [71] [attrib. Hoffmansegg in litt.].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
• Euplectops ziczac Lea, A.M. 1911. Australian and Tasmanian Pselaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35[1910]: 691-772, pl. XXI [Date published 1 March 1911] [708].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ (//ziczac Lea, Type, Hobart//), Hobart, TAS.
• Euplectus (Euplectus) slivensis Rambousek, F. J. 1909. Příspěvek k poznání bulharských Pselaphidů a Scydmaenidů. Casopis Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Entomologické 6: 16-24 [18].
• Euplectus iowensis Casey, T.L. 1894. Coleopterological notices, V. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 7: 281-606, pl.1 [456].
• Euplectus karsteni trisinuatus Raffray, A. 1910. Révision des Euplectus Paléarctiques (Col. Pselaph.). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 79: 179-264, pls 5-7 [Date published October 1910] [233] [as Euplectus karsteni var. trisinuatus].
• Euplectus (Diplectellus) karsteni barbarus Jeannel, R. 1956. Les Psélaphides de l'Afrique du Nord. Essai de biogéographie berbère. Mémoires du Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle Series A (Zoologie) [1950-1992] N.S. 14: 1-233 [Date published Feb 1956] [37].
• Euplectus karsteni fagniezi Raffray, A. 1910. Révision des Euplectus Paléarctiques (Col. Pselaph.). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 79: 179-264, pls 5-7 [Date published October 1910] [234] [as Euplectus karsteni var. fagniezi].
• Euplectus laticeps Rey, C. 1888. Remarques en passant. Famille des Psélaphides (suite). L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 4(45): 5-6 [Date published 15 Sep 1888] [6].
• Euplectus cephalotes Motschulsky, V. von 1845. Remarques sur la collection de coléoptères russes de Victor deMotschulsky. Article 1. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 18(1): 1-127 [46].
• Euplectus ligneus Motschulsky, V. von 1845. Remarques sur la collection de coléoptères russes de Victor deMotschulsky. Article 1. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 18(1): 1-127 [46].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Raffray, A 1911. Pselaphidae. In Schenkling, S., Ed. Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 27 pp. 1-222. [32] (lists the many Palaearctic synonymies of this species)
• 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] [66]

 

Generic Combinations

• Euplectus (Diplectellus) karstenii (Reichenbach, 1816).
• Euplectus karstenii (Reichenbach, 1816).

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Europe/N America.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Mar-2016		16-Jun-2011	ADDED
01-Jul-2020		23-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)