Species Rytus subulatus (King, 1863)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tyrus subulatus King, R.L. 1863. On the Pselaphidae of Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 37-54, pl. V [54].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM K209117 ♂♀ (AM w/M w/o local. labels (accompanying F a Gerallus palpalis); 1F //Rytus punctatus Par.ta/ Tyrus subulatus, 144//), Parramatta and Dunheved, NSW; SAMA ♂♀ (SAMA w/2M1F //Rytus subulatus RLK, NSW//, 1M //Dunheved/ Co-type//), Parramatta and Dunheved, NSW; NMV ♀ (NMV (Howitt Coll.) 1F //Rytus punctatus RLK (syn. subulatus) Paramatta//), Parramatta and Dunheved, NSW; MNHP ♂ (MNHP w/M cotype //Australie//), Parramatta and Dunheved, NSW; DEIB (DEIB w/2 as punctatus //Parramatta//, and 1 as subulatus //Parramatta//), Parramatta and Dunheved, NSW.
• Rytus punctatus King, R.L. 1866. On the Pselaphidae of Australia. No. IV. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 299-315 [303] [unnecessary replacement name].
• Gerallus subasper Schaufuss, L.W. 1880. Beschreibung sechzig neuer Pselaphiden. In: Der Société entomologique de Belgique zu Brüssel zur Feier Ihres fünfundzwanzigsten Stiftungstages die herzlichsten Festgrüsse aus dem Museum Ludwig Salvator in Oberblasewitz-Dresden. Dresden-Oberblasewitz : F. Thomas pp. 5-35. [34] [junior subjective synonym of Rytus subulatus King, 1863].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP ♂♀ (MNHP w/2M1F //Australie/ Type Schaufuss// The two males are subulatus!), TAS and NSW; DEIB (DEIB w/1 //Tasmania// and 1 //N.S. Wales//), TAS and NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Raffray, A. 1900. Australian Pselaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 131-249, pl. 1 [Date published 8 Aug. 1900] [239-240]

 

Generic Combinations

• Rytus subulatus (King, 1863).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis References

King, R.L. 1863. On the Pselaphidae of Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 37-54, pl. V [54] (redescription)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)