Species Rytus howittii (King, 1866)
- Tyrus howitti King, R.L. 1866. On the Pselaphidae of Australia. No. IV. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 299-315 [301].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♀ (NMV (Howitt Coll.) //Tyrus howittii, R.L.K.//), VIC. - Gerallus decipiens Lea, A.M. 1912. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part IX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 426-478, pl. XVII [Date published 8 Feb. 1912] [447] [junior subjective synonym of Tyrus howitti King, 1866].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂ (ANIC w/M ex Macleay Musuem //Victoria//), VIC; SAMA ♂ (SAMA w/M //decipiens Lea, TYPE, Victoria//), VIC. - Schaufussia mona Wilson, F.E. 1926. New Australian Coleoptera, with notes on some previously described species, Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 39: 25-41 [Date published 11 Nov. 1926] [28] [junior subjective synonym of Tyrus howitti King, 1866].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (Type: // (I saw the type! Where? Probably NMV)), Warrandyte, VIC. - Schaufussia nasuta Raffray, A. 1904. Genera et catalogue des Psélaphides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 73: 1-400 [385] [junior subjective synonym of Tyrus howitti King, 1866].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂ (MNHP w/M HT //Australie / 5.9.24 S. Austral. (Bakewell)//), SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Oke, C. 1928. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53(1): 1-30 [Date published 15 May 1928] [23] (Synonymized decipiens and mona)
- 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] [444] (synonymy of nasuta)
Generic Combinations
- Rytus howitti (King, 1866).
- Rytus howittii (King, 1866).
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- South Australia
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial.
Diagnosis References
Lea, A.M. 1910. On some Pselaphidae of the Howitt collection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 8-14 [Date published Aug. 1910] [10] (redescription)
History of changes
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