Genus Eupinolus Oke, 1928
- Eupinolus Oke, C. 1928. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53(1): 1-30 [Date published 15 May 1928] [11].
Type species:
Eupinolus lucifugus Oke, 1928 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Genus is based on 7 species, with 5 of these occuring in Australia.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Victoria
- New Zealand
Oriental Region
Diagnosis
Head with nude vertexal foveae; antennal clubs formed by apical 1-3 antennomeres, antennomeres X usually strongly transverse and often not much wider than IX; ventrolateral margins beneath eyes sharply rounded to basally carinate, with carinae faint to distinct; narrow gular carina moderately prominent, broadly rounded in lateral view. Pronotum with median and lateral antebasal foveae subequal in size and nude; pronotal base usually with wrinkled band. Each elytron with 0-2 basal foveae, often only discal basal fovea present. Visible sternite 2 (IV) with basolateral sulci distinct to base shallowly depressed.
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] [325]
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) |