Genus Paraplectus Raffray, 1898

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• Paraplectus Raffray, A. 1898. Notes sur les Psélaphides. Révision générique de la tribu des Euplectini. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 17: 198-273 [Date published Aug.-Nov. 1898] [269].

  Type species:

   Paraplectus punctulatus Raffray, 1898 by subsequent designation, see Lucas, R. 1920. Catalogus alphabeticus generum et subgenerum Coleopterorum orbis terrarum totius (famil., trib., subtr., sect. incl.). Pars I. (1918). Archiv für Naturgeschichte A 84(1-5): 1-696, i-xxxi [482].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

This genus is based on 5 Australian species.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas, Vic, WA: Flinders (FLI) ; Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), 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), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Diagnosis

Head with vertexal foveae usually connected by V-shaped vertexal sulcus; antennal tubercles prominent and knobbed. Pronotum typically with median and lateral longitudinal sulci distinct; antebasal sulcus biarcuate to straight between lateral antebasal foveae; often with median carina from antebasal sulcus to pronotal base; prosternum usually convex. Elytra with 3-4 basal foveae; discal stria at least reaching to elytral midpoint. Single median mesosternal fovea; lateral mesosternal foveae simple. Visible tergites 1-2 (IV-V) usually with mediobasal foveae; both with distinct discal carinae; visible sternite 2 (IV) usually with mediobasal foveae.

 

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] [175]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)