Species Scydmaenus (Scottiscydmaenus) optatus Sharp, 1874
- Scydmaenus optatus Sharp, D. 1874. Descriptions of new genera and species of Pselaphidae and Scydmaenidae from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 12: 483-518 [Date published Dec. 1874] [515].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Western Australia.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀, Western Australia.Subsequent designation references:
Jałoszyński, P. 2023. Scydmaenus Latreille of Australia: Revision of species in subgenera Choleropsis Franz, Kingius Franz, Mascarensia Franz, Parallomicrus Franz, Scottiscydmaenus Franz, and description of Ascydmaenus subgen. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5371(1): 001-075 [56]. - Scydmaenus (Scottiscydmaenus) scotti Franz, H. 1975. Revision der Scydmaeniden von Australien, Neuseeland und den Benachbarten Inseln. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Denkschriften 118: 1–312 [278] [junior homonym; preoccupied, not Scydmaenus scotti Lhoste 1936:611 (JPH)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, W[estern] Australia.Secondary source:
Lhoste, J. 1936. Entomological expedition to Abyssinia, 1926-27: Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 18(108): 610-619 [611]. - Scydmaenus (Scottiscydmaenus) scottides Newton, A.F. 2017. Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi 0595: 1-52 [16] [replacement name; for Scydmaenus scotti Franz, 1975].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Jałoszyński, P. 2023. Scydmaenus Latreille of Australia: Revision of species in subgenera Choleropsis Franz, Kingius Franz, Mascarensia Franz, Parallomicrus Franz, Scottiscydmaenus Franz, and description of Ascydmaenus subgen. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5371(1): 001-075 [54]
Generic Combinations
- Euconnus optatus (Sharp, 1874). —
Csiki, E. 1919. Scydmaenidae. pp. 1-106 in Schenkling, S. (ed). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. pars 70. [Date published 4 Dec 1919] [50] - Scydmaenus (Scottiscydmaenus) optatus (Sharp, 1874). —
Franz, H. 1975. Revision der Scydmaeniden von Australien, Neuseeland und den Benachbarten Inseln. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Denkschriften 118: 1–312 [281]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2024 | Scydmaeninae Leach, 1815 | 26-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS) |
| 21-Mar-2016 | 21-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-May-2011 | ADDED |