Genus Tiracerus Besuchet, 1986

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• Tiracerus Besuchet, C. 1986. Synonymes et homonyme nouveaux de quelques genres de Psélaphides (Coleoptera). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 93: 257-264 [262].

  Type species:

   Articerus curvicornis Westwood, 1856 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [425] (as Articerus Dalman).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

47 species restricted to mainland Australia and one species found on Lord Howe Island.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Cobar Peneplain (CP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII) ; SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Diagnosis

Head with 3 antennomeres, antennomeres I-II quite short, antennomeres III as long as head or longer; vertexal foveae small and punctiform. Pronotum with shallow median antebasal impression or fovea. Elytra typically lacking foveae at bases. Abdomen with visible tergites 1-3 (IV-VI) fused into tergal plate, abdomen basally constricted.

 

ID Keys

Partial keys to species in (Lea, A.M., 1918) [242] and (Lea, A.M., 1919) [173].

 

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] [538]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		18-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)