Subtribe Trogastrina Jeannel, 1949
- Trogastrina Jeannel, R. 1949. Les Psélaphides de l'Afrique Orientale (Coleoptera). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 29: 1-226 [75].
Type genus:
Trogaster Sharp, 1874.
Introduction
The Trogastrina contains twenty-three genera, and is most diverse in the New World. Only two genera are known from the southwestern Palaearctic Region, two odd genera are present in New Zealand, and three genera are here recorded from Australia. Mesoplatus Raffray is known from eastern Australia and New Guinea, while the remaining two genera are known from northeastern Australia (Chandler 2001: 85).
Diagnosis
Head with antennal insertions widely separated, lacking prominent frontal rostrum; eyes visible in dorsal view; vertexal foveae usually distinct. Pronotum with apex broadly rounded.
ID Keys
See key to genera under Trogastrini.
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] [85]
General 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]
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) |