Genus Pselaphogenius Reitter, 1910
- Pselaphogenius Reitter, E. 1910. Neue Coleopteren aus den Familien der Pselaphiden und Scydmaeniden nebst Bemerkungen zu verschiedenen bekannten Arten. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 29: 151-163 [155].
Type species:
Pselaphus quadricostatus Reitter, 1884 by subsequent designation, see Jeannel, R. 1950. Coléoptères Psélaphides. Faune de France. Paris : Lechevalier Vol. 53 iii 421 pp. [384].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
34 species are known, with one species described from Australia.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- New Zealand
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Diagnosis
Frontal rostrum with apex angulate to truncate, apex with deep narrow notch filled with squamous setae; maxillary palpi with second and fourth segments quite long, each nearly as long as head, fourth segments with margins of V-shaped sensory areas at apices indistinct, not marked by sharp carinae. Pronotum lacking antebasal sulcus, with small median antebasal fovea, lateral antebasal foveae even smaller to apparently lacking; bulbous gula longitudinally tumid.
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] [526]
Jeannel, R. 1950. Coléoptères Psélaphides. Faune de France. Paris : Lechevalier Vol. 53 iii 421 pp. [385]
History of changes
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