Species Tyrogetus howardi Chandler, 1987
- Tyrogetus howardi Chandler, D.S. 1987. New genera and species of Tyrini from Australia (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 94: 15-34 [19].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (//Tasmania, Lower Gordon River, 42.43S 145.50E, II-3-1977, Howard & Hill/ HEC Survey, litter//), Lower Gordon River, TAS.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
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 1.50-1.74 mm. Body with sparse short appressed setae; eyes small, with 8-10 facets, maxillary palpi elongate-pedunculate, with stems longer than swollen areas, last segment narrowly swollen beyond midpoint; elytra with discal stria indistinct past middle; tergite I twice as long as II, II and IV subequal, III over half as long as II, V longitudinally carinate with two lateral teeth at apex; metasternum strongly tumid and carinate between meso- and metacoxae; profemora with narrow elongate oval smooth area on antero-mesal margin delimited by fine carina. Males with sternites III-V barely flattened medially, VI with faint circular impression through entire length. Females with sternites III-V convex medially.
Diagnosis References
Chandler, D.S. 1987. New genera and species of Tyrini from Australia (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 94: 15-34 [19]
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) |