Orectoscelis
There are eighteen species in this myrmecophilous genus of Histeridae. Orectoscelis is herein restricted to those species with a completely hidden scutellum and circular, usually obliquely elevated humeral trichomes, fringed by a single continuous setal margin. Several species placed here by Caterino (2000) are removed to other genera, whereas a few others described therein are retained here with reservation.
The combined distribution of the species included here ranges from northern Australia (both Queensland and Northern Territory) through New Guinea, north-west to Sulawesi
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
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Orectoscelis attenuatus | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | PNG:Madang | ||
Orectoscelis aurolepidus | Caterino, 2000 | Indonesia: Sulawesi | ||
Orectoscelis blackburni | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | AUS: Qld | ||
Orectoscelis circularis | Caterino, 2000 | IND: Sul | ||
Orectoscelis duboulaii | (Westwood, 1869) | AUS: Vic | ||
Orectoscelis dumogae | Caterino, 2000 | IND: Sul. | ||
Orectoscelis halmaherae | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | IND:Halmahera | ||
Orectoscelis howdeni | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | PNG: East New Britain | ||
Orectoscelis humeralis | Lewis, 1903 | AUS: Qld | ||
Orectoscelis kovariki | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | AUS: Qld | ||
Orectoscelis marginicollis | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | AUS: Qld | ||
Orectoscelis obliquus | Caterino, 2000 | IND: Sul. | ||
Orectoscelis okei | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | AUS: Qld | ||
Orectoscelis peninsularis | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | AUS: Qld | ||
Orectoscelis punctatus | Caterino, 2000 | IND: Sul. | ||
Orectoscelis shihoae | Nishikawa, 1995 | Japan | ||
Orectoscelis ubirr | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | AUS: NT | ||
Orectoscelis westwoodi | Dégallier & Caterino, 2005a | AUS: Qld |
REFERENCES
- Caterino, M. S. (2000). Descriptions of the first Chlamydopsinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Wallacea. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 143, 267–278.
- Dégallier, N., and Caterino, M. S. (2005a). Notes taxonomiques sur les Chlamydopsinae et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. - I. Genres Ceratohister Reichensperger, Eucurtiopsis Silvestri et Orectoscelis Lewis.Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 110, 299–326.
- Lewis, G. (1903). On new species of Histeridae and notices of others. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12, 417–429.
- Nishikawa, M. (1995). Notes on chlamydopsine histerid beetles of Japan, with description of a new species. Elytra 23, 257–261.
- Westwood, J. O. (1869). Remarks on the genus Ectrephes, and descriptions of new exotic Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869, 315–320