Genus Kiera Chandler, 2001
- Kiera 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] [433].
Type species:
Palimbolus minor Wilson, 1923 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
This genus is based on 2 Australian species.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Victoria: SE coastal
Diagnosis
Head with broad transverse impression dorsal to eyes, vertexal foveae at posterior margin of impression; maxillary palpi with apical 2 segments shortly pedunculate at bases. Pronotum with several sets of foveae: median and lateral antebasal foveae, anterolateral and outer basolateral foveae, anteroprosternal and proepimeral foveae; lacking antebasal sulcus. Abdomen with visible tergites 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] [433]
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) |