Paratrichapus Scott
- Dataset
- The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Ciidae
- genus
- Paratrichapus
description
Souza-Gonçalves et al. (2018) expanded the limits of this genus, adding Cis lobipes Broun, 1895 from New Zealand and described five new Australian species. As noted by the above authors, most of the Australian Paratrichapus have relatively limited distributions. Paratrichapus christmasensis and P. peckorum occur on Christmas and Lord Howe Island, respectively, P. metallonotum occurs on Cape York Peninsula, and P. peckorum is known from two localities along coastal NSW. Paratrichapus australis, on the other hand, has a relatively broad distribution, extending from TAS and VIC to ACT, NSW and southern QLD. Males are quite rare and it is possible that thelytoky occurs in this species.
Name
- Homonyms
- Paratrichapus Scott
- Paratrichapus Scott