Genus Leiopsammodius Rakovic, 1981

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• Leiopsammodius Rakovic, M. 1981. Revision of species of the tribe Psammodiini from the Australian Region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae) I. Key to genera and revision of the genera Aphodopsammobius Endrödi, Psammodius Fallen, Diastictus Mulsant, Phycocus Broun and Tesarius g.n. Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae, Bratislava 1981(139): 1-37 [16] [first introduced as a subgenus of Psammodius Fallén, 1807].

  Type species:

   Psammodius laevicollis Klug, 1845 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: N coastal, SW coastal

Distribution References

General References

Rakovic, M. 1986. A review of the genus Neopsammodius gen. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 83: 197-201 [197]

Rakovic, M. 1986. Complementary notes to my revision of old world Psammodius Fallén species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae). Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae, Bratislava 1986(174): 1-19 [2]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)