Genus Kerplectus Chandler, 2001
- Kerplectus 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] [119].
Type species:
Kerplectus glabratus Chandler, 2001 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Based on a single Australian species.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Diagnosis
Head with setose vertexal foveae connected by weak V-shaped vertexal sulcus; interantennal bridge distinct. Pronotum with setose lateral antebasal foveae connected by arcuate antebasal sulcus; disc with faint short median sulcus; prosternum broadly convex; lateral procoxal foveae small to lacking. Elytra with two basal foveae; lacking discal striae. Median mesosternal foveae close, divergent; lateral mesosternal foveae forked. Visible tergite 1 (IV) slightly longer than 2 (V), 2-4 (V-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] [121]
History of changes
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |