Genus Gordon Chandler, 2001
- Gordon 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] [209].
Type species:
Gordon tasmaniae Chandler, 2001 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Based on a single species from Australia.
IBRA
Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Diagnosis
Head with vertexal foveae connected by faint V-shaped vertexal sulcus; knobbed antennal tubercles small and widely separated. Pronotum with median longitudinal sulcus faint to absent; antebasal sulcus connecting distinct lateral antebasal foveae; prosternum convexly rounded or carinate. Elytra with two basal foveae; discal stria not reaching elytral midpoint. Median mesosternal fovea small; lateral mesosternal foveae simple. Visible tergites 1-4 (IV-VII) subequal in length.
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] [209]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |