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Heterotetramelus (Sciacharoides) Jaloszynski

Description

Subgenus Sciacharoides Jałoszyński, stat. n.

Sciacharoides Jałoszyński, 2014b: 50. Type species: Horaeomorphus thomsoni Franz, 1975 (des. orig.).

Diagnosis. Pronotum with two pairs of distinct pits connected by a transverse groove (interrupted at middle and in some species barely discernible); hypostomal ridges nearly reaching posterior tentorial pits; hypomeral ridges complete; anterolateral portions of prosternum laterally distinctly overlapping hypomera; mesoventrite in front of mesocoxae with sharply demarcated median longitudinal carina, which has a distinct posterior tip; mesanepisterna lacking setal brushes.

Composition & distribution. Heterotetramelus (Sciacharoides) comprises three Australian species: H. thomsoni (Franz, 1975) comb. n., H. eucalypti (Franz, 1975) comb. n. and H. carteri (Franz, 1975) comb. n.

Notes

Published as part of Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2018, Taxonomy of ' Euconnus complex'. Part XVIII. Status of subgenera Palaeoconnus Franz and Heterotetramelus Franz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), pp. 567-580 in Zootaxa 4524 (5) on page 577, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2610764

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Heterotetramelus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Jaloszynski
Taxon rank
subGenus

References

  • Jaloszynski, P. (2014 b) ' The curse of Horaeomorphus ': taxonomy of misplaced Australian Cyrtoscydmini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa, 3828 (1), 1 - 76. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3828.1.1
  • Franz, H. (1975) Revision der Scydmaeniden von Australien, Neuseeland und den benachbarten Inseln. Denkschriften Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 118, 1 - 312. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 7091 - 5642 - 1