Species Ptenidium (Ptenidium) pusillum (Gyllenhal, 1808)

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• Scaphidium pusillum Gyllenhal, L. 1808. Insecta Suecica descripta. Classis I. Coleoptera sive Eleutherata. 8. Scaris : Leverentz Vol. 1 xii 572 pp. [189] [nomen protectum].
• Ptenidium africanum Matthews, A. 1889. New genera and species of Trichopterygidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3(15): 188-195 [194].
• Epoptia rotunda Deane, C. 1930. Trichopterygidae of Australia and Tasmania. Desriptions of six new genera and eleven new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 55(4): 477-487 [483].
• Ptenidium tenebricosum Deane, C. 1932. Trichopterygidae of Australia and adjacent islands. Descriptions of two new genera and eighteen new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3-4): 181-196 [195].
• Ptenidium obotrites Flach, C. 1887. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Haarflügler (Trichopterygier, Coleoptera). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 6(6): 177-183, pl. 2 [Date published 15 Aug 1887] [179].
• Ptenidium atamaroides Motschulsky, V. 1869. Énumération des nouvelles espèces de Coléoptères rapportés de ses voyages. 6-ième Article. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 41(3): 170-201, pl. 8 [191].
• Ptenidium terminale Haldeman, S.S. 1848. Descriptions of North American Coleoptera, chiefly in the cabinet of J. L. Le Conte, M. D., with references to described species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(1): 95-110 [Date published Aug 1848] [109].
• Trichopteryx elongatula Motschulsky, V. 1845. Über die Ptilien Russland's. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 18(4): 504-539, pls 9-10 [517].
• Trichopteryx quadrifoveolata Allibert, A. 1844. Monographie du genre Trichopteryx. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 7: 51-54 [Date published February 1844] [53].
• Anisarthria punctula Stephens, J.F. 1830. Illustrations of British entomology, or a synopsis of indigenous insects, containing their generic and specific distinctions, with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata London : Baldwin & Cradock Vol. 3 1-374 pls 16-19. [62].
• Ptenidium pusillum maroccanum Flach, C. 1889. Bestimmungstabelle der Trichopterygidae des europäischen Faunengebietes. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 39: 481-532, pls 10-14 [Date published Dec 1889] [497] [as Ptenidium pusillum var. maroccanum].
• Dermestes melas Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnaeanam disposita. Tom. I. Coleoptera. London : Wilks et Taylor xxxi 548 pp. [78] [nomen oblitum].
• Dermestes perpusillus Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnaeanam disposita. Tom. I. Coleoptera. London : Wilks et Taylor xxxi 548 pp. [80] [nomen oblitum].
• Ptenidium corpulentum Lucas, P.H. 1846. Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 + Sciences physiques, Zoologie. Part II. Insectes. Paris : Imprimerie Nationale 590pp, 47pls. [Date published 1846-1849] [549] [attrib. Allibert].
• Ptenidium corpulentum Allibert, A. 1847. Note historique sur la famille des Trichoptérygiens, avec le catalogue et la synonymie des espèces publiées jusqu'en 1847. Revue Zoologique (Cuvier) 1847: 187-197 [197] [nomen nudum; no description].
• Ptenidium apicale Erichson, W.F. 1845. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Coleoptera 3. Berlin : Nicolai 320 pp. [36] [attrib. Sturm in litt.].
• Anisarthria nitida Stephens, J.F. 1830. Illustrations of British entomology, or a synopsis of indigenous insects, containing their generic and specific distinctions, with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata London : Baldwin & Cradock Vol. 3 1-374 pls 16-19. [63] [nomen oblitum].
• Silpha evanescens Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnaeanam disposita. Tom. I. Coleoptera. London : Wilks et Taylor xxxi 548 pp. [126] [nomen oblitum; ?].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Johnson, C. 1982. An introduction to the Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 9: 333-376 [343]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ptenidium (Ptenidium) pusillum (Gyllenhal, 1808).

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Europe, Asia, North America. Lorne.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: litter, synanthropic, terrestrial, volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-May-2011		16-Jun-2011	ADDED
22-Sep-2016		13-May-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)