1987] 
Chandler — Tyrini from Australia 
19 
Tyrogetus howardi n. sp. 
(Figs. 5-8) 
Length 1.50-1.74. Body with sparse short appressed setae; eyes 
small, with 8-10 facets, maxillary palpi elongate-pedunculate, with 
stems longer than swollen areas, last segment narrowly swollen 
beyond midpoint; elytra with discal stria indistinct past middle; 
tergite I twice as long as II, II and IV subequal, III over half as long 
as II, V longitudinally carinate with two lateral teeth at apex; meta- 
sternum strongly tumid and carinate between meso- and metacoxae; 
profemora with narrow elongate oval smooth area on antero-mesal 
margin delimited by fine carina. 
Males with sternites III-V barely flattened medially, VI with faint 
circular impression through entire length. 
Females with sternites III-V convex medially. 
Measurements of holotype: Maxillary palpi with fourth segment 
0.03 wide, 0.24 long; tergite I 0.36 long, II 0.16 long, III 0.09 long, 
IV 0.15 long, V 0.07 long; smooth area on profemur 0.24 long. 
Specimens examined, 9: Holotype male, Tasmania, Lower Gor- 
don River, 42.43S 145.45E, 42.43S 145. 50E, II-3-1977, Howard & 
Hill, HEC Survey, litter (ANIC). Paratypes: 1 female, same data as 
holotype (ANIC); 1 female, same data except II-8-1977 (ANIC); 1 
male, Lower Gordon River, 42.42S 145. 53E, 42.41. 5S 145.53E, II-3- 
1977, Howard & Hill, HEC Survey, litter (DSC); 1 female, Lower 
Gordon River, 42.42S 145.48E, 42.41S 145.49E, 11-13-1976, How- 
ard & Hill, HEC Survey, moss (DSC); 1 male, Lower Gordon 
River, 42.48. 5S 145.51E, 42.48S 145. 54E, III-1-1977, Howard & 
Hill, HEC Survey, moss (DSC); 1 female, same data except 1 1 1-4- 
1977, litter (ANIC); 1 male, Willie’s Saddle, 9 km W Geeveston, 310 
m, 11-8/ 10-1980, A. Newton & M. Thayer, Eucalyptus forest, ber- 
lese forest leaf & log litter (AFN); 1 male, Mt. Field National Park, 
Lake Dobson Road, 710 m, I-30/II-5-1980, A. Newton & M. 
Thayer, Nothofagus- Eucalyptus forest, berlese forest leaf & log lit- 
ter (AFN). Found in the southwestern half of Tasmania. 
Discussion: Howardi n. sp. shares with minimus n. sp. the 
reduced eyes and elongate palpi which are only narrowly enlarged 
apically. Howardi is larger than minimus, the last tergite of the male 
is produced into two teeth at the apex, and the aedeagus is deeply 
emarginate at the apex. 
