Genus Polyplocotes Westwood, 1869

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• Polyplocotes Westwood, J.O. 1869. Remarks on the genus Ectrephes, and descriptions of new exotic Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869(4): 315-320 [316].

  Type species:

   Polyplocotes longicollis Westwood, 1869 by subsequent designation, see Lawrence, J.F. & Reichardt, H. 1969. The myrmecophilous Ptinidae (Coleoptera), with a key to Australian species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 138(1): 1-28 [19].
• Hexaplocotes Lea, A.M. 1906. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 195-227 pl. XVIII [224].
  Zoobank Registration Number:1906

  Type species:

   Hexaplocotes sulcifrons Lea, 1906 by monotypy.
• Leaptinus Mjöberg, E. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 8. Ptinidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 10(6): 1-15 [3].

  Type species:

   Paussoptinus dolichognathus Lea, 1912 by monotypy.
• Paussoceros Mjöberg, E. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 9. Cicindelidae, Gyrinidae, Lucanidae, Paussidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 10: 1-16 [13].

  Type species:

   Paussoceros antennalis Mjöberg, 1916 by monotypy.

Distribution

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South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Channel Country (CHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

General References

Bell, K.L. & Philips, T.K. 2009. New species of the myrmecophile Polyplocotes Westwood (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from South Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 48: 15-24 [16] (key to species)

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