Genus Gayundah Chandler, 2001

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• Gayundah 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] [234].

  Type species:

   Gayundah tuberculatus Chandler, 2001 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Oriental Region

Diagnosis

Head as wide as pronotum; antennomeres I and II subequal in size. Pronotum with arcuate antebasal sulcus connecting nude lateral antebasal foveae, antebasal sulcus posteriorly lobed at middle; prosternum broadly convex. Elytra with three basal foveae; discal stria reaching elytral midpoint; lacking subhumeral fovea. Median mesosternal fovea punctiform; lateral mesosternal foveae large, continuous internally; lacking lateral metasternal foveae. Visible tergite 1 (IV) longest.

 

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] [234]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)