Genus Leanymus Raffray, 1900
- Leanymus Raffray, A. 1900. Australian Pselaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 131-249, pl. 1 [Date published 8 Aug. 1900] [219].
Type species:
Leanymus palpalis Raffray, 1900 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Diagnosis
Head with frontal and vertexal foveae; cardos of labium with long spine, maxillary palpi with second segments bearing large and small spine, third and fourth segments each with single large spine. Pronotum with median and lateral antebasal foveae faint or lacking, lacking antebasal sulcus; anteroventral margins angulate, with several small spines on angulations. Abdomen with visible tergites 1 and 4 (IV and VII) longest.
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] [456]
Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [409]
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) |