Genus Pseudoterus Raffray, 1893
- Pseudoterus Raffray, A. 1893. Révision des Psélaphides de Sumatra. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61: 463-504, pl. 10 [Date published 1892] [469].
Type species:
Pseudoterus crassicornis Raffray, 1893 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Oriental Region
Diagnosis
Frontal rostrum broad and truncate; lacking dorsal postantennal pits, only vertexal foveae present; antennal clubs weakly formed by apical three antennomeres. Pronotum with antebasal sulcus broadly interrupted laterally; disc with median impression; with blunt tooth on lateral margins adjacent to lateral antebasal foveae. Elytra with subhumeral foveae, deep narrow sulci extending from subhumeral foveae to elytral apices. Abdomen with angulate lateral margins; visible tergites 1-4 (IV-VII) with accompanying paratergites, 1-4 (IV-VII) subequal in length.
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] [392]
Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [49]
History of changes
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| 01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |