Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Tasmanityrus auricomus (Lea, 1911)

<I>Tasmanityrus auricomus </I>(Lea)

Tasmanityrus auricomus (Lea)

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Species Tasmanityrus auricomus (Lea, 1911)

  • Tyromorphus auricomus Lea, A.M. 1911. Australian and Tasmanian Pselaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35[1910]: 691-772, pl. XXI [Date published 1 March 1911] [766].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) SAMA ♂♀ (SAMA w/2M2F //auricomus Lea, Type, Waratah// (M on far left to be lectotype?);), Waratah, TAS; NMV ♀ (NMV w/F //Waratah, Tas. Lea//), Waratah, TAS; ANIC(MMUS) ♀ (ANIC w/2F ex MM //Waratah, Tas, Lea//, 2M ex MM //Tasmania//), Waratah, TAS; BMNH (BMNH w/2 cotypes), Waratah, TAS; MNHP ♂♀ (MNHP w/2M2F //Tasmania//), Waratah, TAS.

 

Generic Combinations

  • Tasmanityrus auricomus (Lea, 1911).

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), 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
    • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial.

 

Diagnosis

Length 1.83-2.01 mm. Males with last flagellomere curved ventrally to point at apex, with oblique ventral impression, impression and flattened adjacent portions of flagellomeres VII-VIII roughened, flagellomere VIII obtusely protruding on ventral margin; mesotrochanters toothed near base, mesotibiae with spatulate apical spur, spur half again as long as first mesotarsomere; aedeagus with symmetrical apex, left paramere developed, short and laterally curved abruptly to acute point at apex.

 

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)
01-Jul-2020 21-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)