Australymexylon Wheeler, 1986

Lawrence, John F., 2020, The Australian Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Tenerionoidea) with one new genus and two genera new to Australia, Zootaxa 4895 (2), pp. 211-238 : 217

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:77117CFB-AD8E-4066-819F-FA81D3D589B7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4333479
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3735BF36-A00E-5D72-FF46-94F1700CFD59
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Australymexylon Wheeler, 1986
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Australymexylon Wheeler, 1986 View in CoL

( Wheeler, 1986, figs 188–215)

Australymexylon Wheeler, 1986: 160 View in CoL .

Type species: Lymexylon australis Erichson, 1842 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Australymexylon species differ from other Melittommatinae in lacking a maxillary palp organ in both sexes, base of pronotum with pair of small deep impressions, elytra lying flat over abdomen (with incomplete interlocking mechanism), scutellum not separated from scutum, and males with paired setose pads on sternite VIII.