Species Tyrogetus minimus Chandler, 1987
- Tyrogetus minimus Chandler, D.S. 1987. New genera and species of Tyrini from Australia (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 94: 15-34 [20].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (//Tasmania, 4.4 km SE Weldborough, 460m, II-12/14-1980, A. Newton & M. Thayer, Nothofagus, etc. forest/ berl. forest leaf & log litter//), 4.4 km SE Weldborough, 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 1.29 mm. Body with sparse short appressed setae; maxillary palpi elongate-pedunculate, last segment with apical half narrowly enlarged, eyes with 6-7 facets; elytra with discal stria not reaching to middle; tergite I twice as long as II, II almost twice as long as III, II and IV subequal, V with strong median carina through apical half of length; metasternum short, strongly tumid between meso- and metacoxae. Males with transverse impression through length of sternite V. Females unknown.
Diagnosis References
Chandler, D.S. 1987. New genera and species of Tyrini from Australia (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 94: 15-34 [20]
History of changes
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01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |