Species Scydmaenus gracilis (King, 1864)

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• Heterognathus gracilis King, R.L. 1864. On the Scydmaenides of New South Wales. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1(2): 91–99 [97] [junior homonym; not Scydmaenus gracilis J. L. LeConte, 1852: 155 (JSH in Scydmaenus, but not now congeneric); replaced by Csiki, 1919 but replacment name not in use; STAT. NOV., reinstated junior secondary homonym].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMS K197794 ♂ (ex K 23216), Paramatta [Parramatta], NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) AMS K197788-89, K352152 1 ♂, 2 unknown sex, same data as lectotype;
  Syntype(s) AM K197788, K197789, K197794, K352152, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW [33° 48' 55" S 151° 4" E].

  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 [8].
• Scydmaenus (Cholerus) procerus Csiki, E. 1919. Scydmaenidae. pp. 1-106 in Schenkling, S. (ed). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. pars 70. [Date published 4 Dec 1919] [73] [replacement name; for Heterognathus gracilis King 1864:97].

Generic Combinations

• Scydmaenus (Choleropsis) gracilis (King, 1864). —
  Franz, H. 1975. Revision der Scydmaeniden von Australien, Neuseeland und den Benachbarten Inseln. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Denkschriften 118: 1–312 [292]

Introduction

Placed as incertae sedis in Scydmaenus by Jałoszyński (2023)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes