Genus Stethotaphrus Newton & Chandler, 1989
- Stethotaphrus Newton, A.F. & Chandler, D.S. 1989. World Catalog of the Genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana Zoology ns 53: 1-93 [Date published 28 April 1989] [58].
- Taphrostethus Schaufuss, L.W. 1882. [Comment at Seance du 27 Septembre 1882]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 2: 151 [151] [junior homonym of Taphrostethus Fieber, 1844].
Type species:
Epicaris hamotoides Schaufuss, 1882 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Newton, A.F. & Chandler, D.S. 1989. World Catalog of the Genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana Zoology ns 53: 1-93 [Date published 28 April 1989] [58]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
5 species are described, with one of these occurring in Australia.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Oriental Region
Diagnosis
Head with frontal and vertexal foveae; maxillary palpi with third segments short and triangular, fourth segments large and elongate, apical halves evenly narrowed to acute apices. Pronotum with disc strongly convex, median antebasal fovea distinct and shallow, lateral antebasal foveae indistinct. Abdomen with visible tergite 1 (IV) longest, deeply impressed across base.
ID Keys
Fig. 208. Right maxillary palpus, Stethotaphrus sp.
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] [474]
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) |