Genus Briara Reitter, 1882
- Briara Reitter, E. 1882 [1881]. Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung der Clavigeriden und Pselaphiden. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 20: 177-211 [Date published 1882] [190] [nom. nov. for Gonatocerus Schaufuss (not Nees 1834), 1884].
- Gonatocerus Schaufuss, L.W. 1880. Beschreibung sechzig neuer Pselaphiden. In: Der Société entomologique de Belgique zu Brüssel zur Feier Ihres fünfundzwanzigsten Stiftungstages die herzlichsten Festgrüsse aus dem Museum Ludwig Salvator in Oberblasewitz-Dresden. Dresden-Oberblasewitz : F. Thomas pp. 5-35. [30] [junior homonym of Gonatocerus Nees, 1834].
Type species:
Gonatocerus communis Schaufuss, 1880 by monotypy (= Bryaxis basilis King, 1865). - Berlara Reitter, E. 1882 [1881]. Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung der Clavigeriden und Pselaphiden. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 20: 177-211 [Date published 1882] [206] [junior subjective synonym of Briara Reitter, 1882].
Type species:
Berlara crassipalpus Reitter, 1883 by subsequent monotypy, see Reitter, E. 1883. Beitrag zur Pselaphiden- und Scydmaeniden-Fauna von Java und Borneo. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 32: 283-302 [Date published 1882] [287].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [314] (synonymy of Berlara)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
7 species are described, with 6 of these found in Australia.
IBRA
NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
Diagnosis
Head with setose vertexal foveae (lacking in males with vertex modified); antennal clubs formed by apical 3 antennomeres; ventrolateral margins of head broadly rounded beneath eyes; distinct median gular carina low. Pronotum with large setose lateral antebasal foveae, lacking median antebasal fovea. Elytra with only discal basal foveae or basal foveae lacking, with elongate discal striae. Visible tergite 1 (IV) lacking basal impression and mediobasal foveae; visible sternite 2 (IV) with indistinct basolateral sulci.
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] [312]
Raffray, A. 1890. Étude sur le Psélaphides. V. Tableux synoptiques. - Notes et synonymie. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 9: 81-172 [Date published March-June 1890] [123]
Raffray, A. 1900. Australian Pselaphidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 131-249, pl. 1 [Date published 8 Aug. 1900] [162]
Raffray, A. 1908. Coleoptera fam. Pselaphidae. 1-487, pls i-ix in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum, 64th fascicule. Rome : Wytsman. [224]
History of changes
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| 01-Jul-2020 | 21-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |