Genus Raphitreus Sharp, 1883
- Raphitreus Sharp, D. 1883. Revision of the Pselaphidae of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883: 291-331 [298].
Type species:
Tmesiphorus speratus Sharp, 1874 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
2 species are known, one each from Japan and northern Australia.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
Palaearctic Region
- Japan
Diagnosis
Head with frontal and vertexal foveae; ocular canthi protruding as spines; maxillary palpi with second and third segments elongate-triangular, apical 3 segments each with lateral spine. Pronotum with distinct median and lateral antebasal foveae. Abdomen with visible tergite 2 (V) longest.
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] [471]
Jeannel, R. 1958. Révision des Psélaphides du Japon. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] ns, Série A: Zoologie 18: 1-138 [119]
Raffray, A. 1890. Étude sur le Psélaphides. V. Tableux synoptiques. - Notes et synonymie. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 9: 81-172 [Date published March-June 1890] [151]
Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [375]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |