• Pristoderus Hope, F.W. 1840. The Coleopterist's Manual, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : Bowdery & Kerby Vol. 3 vi 191 pp. 3 pls. [145].

  Type species:

   Dermestes scaber Fabricius, 1775 by original designation.
• Ulonotus Erichson, W.F. 1845. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Coleoptera 3. Berlin : Nicolai 320 pp. [255].

  Type species:

   Bolitophagus antarcticus White, 1846 by subsequent monotypy, see Lacordaire, T. 1854. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusquici dans cet orde d'insectes. Paris : Librairie encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 2 548 pp. [360].
• Tarphiomimetes Wollaston, T.V. 1873. On two new genera of Cordyliidae from New Zealand. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 10: 9-13 [9].

  Type species:

   Tarphiomimetes lawsoni Wollaston, 1873 by subsequent designation, see Ivie, M.A. & Ślipiński, S.A. 1990. Catalog of the genera of world Colydiidae (Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 43(Suplement 1): 1-32 [Date published 15 Nov 1990] [9].
• Dryptops Broun, T. 1882. On the New Zealand Carabidae. New Zealand Journal of Science 1: 287-304 [Date published 1882-1883: this paper includes Coleoptera other than Carabidae, even though title stipulates New Zealand Carabidae] [292].

  Type species:

   Dryptops dorsalis Broun, 1882 by subsequent designation, see Ivie, M.A. & Ślipiński, S.A. 1990. Catalog of the genera of world Colydiidae (Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 43(Suplement 1): 1-32 [Date published 15 Nov 1990] [8].
• Sparactus Erichson, W.F. 1845. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Coleoptera 3. Berlin : Nicolai 320 pp. [256].

  Type species:

   Ditoma interrupta Erichson, 1842 by monotypy.
• Recyntus Broun, T. 1882. On the New Zealand Carabidae. New Zealand Journal of Science 1: 287-304 [Date published 1882-1883: this paper includes Coleoptera other than Carabidae, even though title stipulates New Zealand Carabidae] [293].

  Type species:

   Ulonotus tuberculatus Broun, 1880 by original designation.
• Enarsus Pascoe, F.P. 1866. Notices of new or little known genera and species of Coleoptera. Part V. Journal of Entomology 2: 443-493, pls xviii-xix [Date published Jun. 1866] [444].

  Type species:

   Enarsus bakewelli Pascoe, 1886 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Gawler (GAW), NSW North Coast (NNC), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS) ; ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Warren (WAR) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Finke (FIN) ; Vic: Australian Alps (AA)

General References

Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34

History of changes

• Pristoderus bellus Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, Australia, Queensland: Mt. Baldy nr Atherton, Forest Reserve No 194 [17.283S 145.450E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC numerous (also SAMA).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Pristoderus chloreus Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, Australia, New South Wales: Wiangaree S.F. [28.22S 153.05E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 7 specimens (also QM), varous localities.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Pristoderus cornutus Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T169597, Australia: Queensland: Mossman Bluff Track 9km W Mossman [16.459S 145.285E].
  Paratype(s) QM 2 specimens, data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Pristoderus duvalensis Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, NSW, Mt. Duval, Tin Weir Ck., 15 km NW Armidale [30.25S 151.38E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

NSW: New England Tablelands (NET)

History of changes

• Sparactus elongatus Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 65-153 [Date published July 1891] [116].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM K270113 (x.1924), Yeppoon, QLD [23° 7' 44" S 150° 44' 38" E].

Generic Combinations

• Pristoderus elongatus (Blackburn, 1891). —
  Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [6]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Ditoma interrupta Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [215].
• Illestus grouvellei Reitter, E. 1877. Beiträge zur Kenntniss aussereuropäischer Coleopteren. Mitteilungen des Münchner Entomologischen Vereins 1: 126–140 [133].
• Sparactus proximus Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 65-153 [Date published July 1891] [116].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [7] (for Sparactus proximus Blackburn, 1891)

Generic Combinations

• Pristoderus interruptus (Erichson, 1842). —
  Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [7]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

General References

Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 (new records)

History of changes

• Sparactus leai Carter, H.J. & Zeck, E.H. 1937. A monograph of the Australian Colydiidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62: 181-208 [187].

Generic Combinations

• Pristoderus leai (Carter & Zeck, 1937). —
  Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [12]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 (new records)

History of changes

• Pristoderus monteithi Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T169600 (was in UQIC), Australia, New South Wales: Wiangaree State Forest, via Kyogle [28.465S 153.118E].
  Paratype(s) QM T169601 28.188S 153.277E, Australia, Queensland: Springbrook; ANIC, Australia, Queensland: National Pk [28.256S 153.134E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Pristoderus occidentalis Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K324325, Australia, Henbury Stn. H.O. [24.552S 133.249E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 2 specimens, Western Australia, 10 km ESE Meedo HS [25.664S 114.627E]; ANIC 1 specimen, WA, 29 km SEE of Coolgardie [31.07S 121.24E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Finke (FIN)

History of changes

• Pristoderus occultus Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T169602, QLD - Sluice Ck, 9 km WSW Millaa Millaa [17.552S 145.533E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Illestus productus Reitter, E. 1877. Beiträge zur Kenntniss aussereuropäischer Coleopteren. Mitteilungen des Münchner Entomologischen Vereins 1: 126–140 [134].
• Sparactus costatus Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 65-153 [Date published July 1891] [117].

Generic Combinations

• Pristoderus productus (Reitter, 1877). —
  Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [17]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR)

History of changes

• Sparactus pustulosus Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 65-153 [Date published July 1891] [116].

Generic Combinations

• Pristoderus pustulosus (Blackburn, 1891). —
  Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [18]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

General References

Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 (new records)

History of changes

• Sparactus queenslandicus Carter, H.J. & Zeck, E.H. 1937. A monograph of the Australian Colydiidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62: 181-208 [188].

Generic Combinations

• Pristoderus queenslandicus (Carter & Zeck, 1937).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

General References

Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [19] (removed from synonymy with P. elongatus)

History of changes

• Illestus repandus Reitter, E. 1877. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Colydier. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 38(7-9): 323-356 [Date published Jul-Sept 1877] [329].

Generic Combinations

• Pristoderus repandus (Reitter, 1877). —
  Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [20]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Far north Queenslad record doubtful

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Byrsax saccharatus Pascoe, F.P. 1870. Additions to the Tenebrionidae of Australia &c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 5(26): 94-107 [Date published Feb. 1870] [95].

Generic Combinations

• Pristoderus saccharatus (Pascoe, 1870). —
  Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [27]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Pristoderus spinosus Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T169603 (was at UQIC), Australia, New South Wales: Whian Whian S.F. via Dunoon [28.682S 153.318E].
  Paratype(s) QM 4 specimens (also in ANIC, POLL), all NE NSW localities.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Pristoderus tomentosus Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, Australia, Victoria: Sassafras Gap NE Victoria [36.602S 147.787E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1 specimen, Victoria: Gippsland [38.134S 147.469E].

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South East Corner (SEC)

History of changes

• Tarphiomimus zigzag Carter, H.J. 1939. Australian Coleoptera. Notes and new species. No. XI. (Mostly Elateridae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 64(3-4): 297–330, pls VIII, IX [297] [as Tarphiomimus zig-zag].

Generic Combinations

• Pristoderus zigzag (Carter, 1939). —
  Turco, F., Ślipiński, A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2012. Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae). Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 [30]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

Qld, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes