Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys
Author
Kolibac, Jiri
Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29 a, 627 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.366.6172
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Genus
Australiodes
Endroedy-Younga
, 1960
Map 10
Liodidae
Endroedy-Younga
, S. 1960: 239 [
sub
]
Type species:
Clambus vestitus
Broun, 1886 [by monotypy]
Crowson, R. A. 1966: 120 (transferred from
Liodidae
to
Trogossitidae
:
Peltinae
).
Kolibac
, J. 2005: 47.
Kolibac
, J. 2006: 116 (phylogeny)
Description
.
Body size: 1.4 mm. Body shape conglobate. Frons: longitudinal groove or depression absent. Cranium ventrally: tufts of long setae at sides absent. Eyes number: two. Lacinial hooks absent. Galea: shape partially fused with lacinia. Galea: ciliate setae absent. Mediostipes-Lacinia fused together. Labrum-Cranium not fused. Front coxal cavities externally open, internally closed. Pronotum subquadrate. Elytra: long hairs absent. Tegmen composed of a single unit (
Kolibac
2005
).
"
Maxilla with galea and lacinia largely fused; erect setae among pubescence of upper surface; metendosternite with elongate oblique arms, without lamina; elytra with pattern of light and dark patches
" (ex
Crowson 1966
).
Biology.
Adults were collected by
Crowson (1966
: 123) "
in
Leucopogon
flowers and on male catkins of the introduced
Pinus insignis
. Adults were also found under loose bark of a dead
Hoheria
." [...] "
Adults doubtless feed on pollen, as shown by the gut-contents of a dissected specimen; the breeding sites are probably somewhere about dead trees...
"
Crowson (1966)
.
Distribution.
New Zealand: Port Nicholson, Wellington; Waipoua State Forest, Northland; Western Hills, Whangarei.
Map 10.
A distribution of the tribe
Thymalini
including
Rentonium
-group.
Species:
Australiodes vestitus
Broun, 1886; New Zealand (varA)
Crowson, R. A. 1966: 120.
Endroedy-Younga
, S. 1960: 239 (
Liodidae
).
Kolibac
, J. 2005: 47