Genus Ramussia Kurbatov, 1991
- Ramussia Kurbatov, S. 1991. Beetles of the tribe Euplectini (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae) from the Soviet Far East. Communication 1. [In Russian]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 70: 88-97 [94].
Type species:
Ramussia parabile Kurbatov, 1991 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Based on a species from the Russian Far East and Australia.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
- Russia
Diagnosis
Head with short V-shaped vertexal sulcus; venter transversely swollen, lacking median gular carina or sulcus. Pronotum with biarcuate antebasal sulcus connecting setose lateral antebasal foveae; median antebasal fovea shallow; pronotal disc with faint median longitudinal sulcus or convex; prosternum convex. Elytra with three basal foveae; lacking discal stria. Median mesosternal fovea broadly forked; lateral mesosternal foveae simple, broadly meeting internally. Visible tergites 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] [217]
History of changes
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01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |