Genus Spilorhombus Raffray, 1900
- Spilorhombus Raffray, A. 1900. Australian Pselaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 131-249, pl. 1 [Date published 8 Aug. 1900] [225].
Type species:
Spilorhombus hirtus Raffray, 1900 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
This genus is based on a single Australian species.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia
Diagnosis
Head with vertexal foveae in large setose impressions that extend to lateral margins of head, postantennal notches large and setose; frontal fovea in median setose sulcus separating antennal tubercles; maxillary palpi with second and third segments elongate, fourth segments ovoidal. Pronotum with wide V-shaped setose sulci originating at lateral margins; lacking antebasal sulcus. Abdomen with visible tergites 3-4 (VI-VII) longest.
Diagnosis References
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]
Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [383] (redescription)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |