Blackburniella CHAPIN , 1924

Opitz, Weston, G, Paratillus & B, Tarsostenodes, 2016, Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 587-636 : 596

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scientific name	Blackburniella CHAPIN , 1924
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Blackburniella CHAPIN, 1924

Blackburniella CHAPIN, 1924: 66 . Type species: Thanasimomorpha intricata BLACKBURN, 1891: 304 . By original designation. CORPORAAL, 1950: 302. MATTHEWS, 1992: 5. KOLIBÁČ, 2003: 47. OPITZ, 2012: 8.

Thanasimomorpha BLACKBURN, 1891: 304. CORPORAAL, 1950: 303.

Erolestus WOLCOTT, 1927: 108. CORPORAAL, 1950: 302.

D i a g n o s i s: The members of this genus have the base of the elytral disc adorned with a shallow umbo, which is covered by a tuft of black setae. The combination of these characteristics will distinguish these beetles from any others in the Tarsostenodes complex.

A p o t y p i e s: Elytral umbo vested with black setae, phallic apex very long.

D e s c r i p t i o n: This genus was illustrated by KOLIBÁČ (2003), and redescribed and illustrated by OPITZ (2012).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: This genus is known only from Australia.

S p e c i e s E x a m i n e d Blackburniella apicula, OPITZ , new species, B. intricata BLACKBURN.