Genus Malleecola Oke, 1926
- Malleecola Oke, C.G. 1926. Two entomologists in the mallee. Victorian Naturalist 42: 279-294 [Date published 9 April 1926] [281].
Type species:
Malleecola myrmecophila Oke, 1926 by monotypy (redescribed as new by (Oke, C., 1928) p. 15).
Distribution
States
Victoria
IBRA
Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
Diagnosis
Vertex of head and pronotal disc with various ridges; head with punctiform vertexal foveae; antennae with clubs formed by apical 3 antennomeres; ventrolateral margins and median gular ridge sharply carinate; ocular canthi strongly protruding beyond eyes. Elytra with 2 basal foveae, with elongate discal striae. Visible tergite 1 (IV) lacking mediobasal foveae and impression; visible sternite 2 (IV) flat at base; legs flattened.
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] [336]
History of changes
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