Heterotetramelus (Australosciacharoides), Jałoszyński, 2018

Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2018, Taxonomy of ' Euconnus complex'. Part XVIII. Status of subgenera Palaeoconnus Franz and Heterotetramelus Franz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Zootaxa 4524 (5), pp. 567-580 : 577-578

Subgenus Australosciacharoides subgen. n.

Type species: Horaeomorphus maipotonensis Franz, 1975 (here designated).

Diagnosis. Pronotum with a distinct transverse groove, lacking pits; hypostomal ridges reaching posterior tentorial pits; hypomeral ridges incomplete, largely obliterated, with only short anterior portions marked; anterolateral portions of prosternum laterally slightly overlapping hypomera; mesoventrite in front of mesocoxae with sharply demarcated median longitudinal carina, which is posteriorly gradually fused with precoxal region of mesoventrite, lacking posterior tip; each mesanepisternum with a brush of dense and long setae directed anterad and visible in dorsal view.

Etymology. Combination of the continent name and the former genus Sciacharoides . Gender masculine.

Composition & distribution. Heterotetramelus (Australosciacharoides) comprises only H. maipotonensis

( Franz, 1975) comb. n. (ex Sciacharoides ) known to occur in Australia.