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Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter, 1909

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Genus Pselaphaulax Reitter, 1909

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

66 species are known, 29 of these occur in Australia.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET) ; SA, Vic: Finke (FIN), Stony Plains (STP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia
  • New Zealand

Oriental Region

Diagnosis

Maxillary palpi twice as long as head, second and fourth segments of maxillary palpi lengthily pedunculate, fourth segments with notch of sensory areas sharply defined; rostral apex slightly emarginate. Pronotum with antebasal sulcus shallow but usually distinct, median antebasal fovea indistinct or lacking, lateral antebasal foveae distinct.

The nominate subgenus is characterized by a distinct antebasal sulcus and lack of basal microreticulation on the pronotum, while the subgenus Neopselaphaulax Jeannel (1951: 9) from Vietnam is characterized by the reticulate pronotal base posterior to the weak antebasal sulcus. The features used to separate the two subgenera intergrade in the Australian species, and no coherent groups can be formed. All species are placed in the nominate subgenus here.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020 21-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)