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Genus Rybaxis Saulcy, 1876

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Genus Rybaxis Saulcy, 1876

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide (not Neotropical), 88 species are described, with 37 of these Australian.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, Tas, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Stony Plains (STP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland
    • South Australia
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Diagnosis

Head with large setose vertexal foveae; antennal clubs formed by apical 3 antennomeres; often with small postantennal notches at lateral margins of head; ventrolateral margins of head smoothly concave beneath eyes; with prominent gular carina (moderate in a few species). Pronotum with antebasal sulcus between setose lateral antebasal foveae, median antebasal fovea lacking or small. Elytra with 2-3 basal foveae, with elongate discal striae, with subhumeral foveae and marginal striae or sulci. Visible tergite 1 (IV) with mediobasal foveae and setose impression; visible sternite 2 (IV) with deep setose basolateral sulci.

 

ID Keys

Key to strigicollis group, see (Wilson, F.E., 1923) [121].
Key to new species in paper, see (Lea, A.M., 1911) [746].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020 21-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)