Genus Hypochraeus Raffray, 1904

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Genus Hypochraeus Raffray, 1904

Hypochraeus Raffray, A. 1904. Genera et catalogue des Psélaphides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 73: 1-400 [13].
Type species:
Batrisoschema humeralis Raffray, 1894 by subsequent designation, see Newton, A.F. & Chandler, D.S. 1989. World Catalog of the Genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana Zoology ns 53: 1-93 [Date published 28 April 1989] [37].
Secondary source:
Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [142].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

4 species are known from the eastern Oriental Region to northern Australia.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

Oriental Region

Diagnosis

Head trapezoidal; with prominent frontal rostrum, lacking antennal tubercles. Pronotum with lateral longitudinal sulci; antebasal spines minute or lacking, with small spine on lateral margins anterior to lateral antebasal foveae. Elytra with 2-3 basal foveae, lacking discal striae. Visible tergite 1 (IV) with thick lateral ridge formed by close inner and outer marginal carinae; tergites II-III (V-VI) broadly rounded laterally.

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] [274]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Mar-2016		20-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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