Australiodes Endroedy-Younga , 1960

Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys, ZooKeys 366, pp. 1-194 : 92-93

Genus Australiodes Endroedy-Younga, 1960 Map 10

Liodidae Endrödy-Younga, S. 1960: 239 [sub]

Type species:

Clambus vestitus Broun, 1886 [by monotypy]

Crowson, R. A. 1966: 120 (transferred from Liodidae to Trogossitidae : Peltinae ). Kolibáč, J. 2005: 47. Kolibáč, 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 ( Kolibáč 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.

Species:

Australiodes vestitus Broun, 1886; New Zealand (varA)

Crowson, R. A. 1966: 120. Endrödy-Younga, S. 1960: 239 ( Liodidae ). Kolibáč, J. 2005: 47

Figures

Map 10. A distribution of the tribe Thymalini including Rentonium - group.