Revision of the Australian Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae)

By

Ballerio, Alberto

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

339

Pages

67-91

Subjects

Cyphopisthes , identification key , Mastotermes , Pterorthochaetes , Queensland , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.339.6033

 

Abstract

The Australian fauna of Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae) is revised. Two genera are present, both shared with Asia, with a total of seven species, all localized in eastern Queensland and all except one, endemic to Australia. Cyphopisthes is comprised of three species, two of them new (Cyphopisthes yorkensis sp. n. and C. monteithi sp. n., the latter, together with C. descarpentriesi Paulian, 1977 displaying an unusual ecology, with occurrence in the southern Queensland dry rainforest/scrub habitats), and Pterorthochaetes is comprised of four species, two of them new (Pterorthochaetes danielsi sp. n. and P.storeyi sp. n.). Descriptions, distribution, ecological remarks and a key to species are provided.