Australymexylon australe (Erichson)

Lawrence, John F., 2020, The Australian Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Tenerionoidea) with one new genus and two genera new to Australia, Zootaxa 4895 (2), pp. 211-238 : 217

Australymexylon australe (Erichson)

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Lymexulon australis Erichson, 1842: 147 . Type, ♀, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Examined by Wheeler (1986). Hylecoetus linearis Lea, 1894: 803 . Type, SAM. Examined by Wheeler (1986).

Lymexylon adelaidae Blackburn, 1898: 34 . Type, SAM. Examined by Wheeler (1986).

Diagnosis. Australymexylon australe differs from A. fuscipennis in its much darker colour, weakly serrate male antenna, males with larger setose pads on segment VIII and penis about as long as basale and apicale combined.

Specimens examined. TAS: Bronte Park , 12 km NNE (42°02’S, 146°33’E). 20.i.1983, J. Cardale (3♁♁, ANIC) ; Liffey Valley , 11.ii.1987, S. Fearn (1, ANIC) ; Mt. Field Nat. Park (42°41’S, 146°43’E), 160–240m, 30.i–4.ii.1980, on bark surface, J. Lawrence, T. Weir (1♀, ANIC) ; Mt. Nelson, Hobart , 100m, 6.ii.1982, at light, G. Bornemissza (1♀, ANIC) ; St. Patrick’s R., 5.ii.1914, A. H. Elston (1♁, 1♀, AMS) ; VIC: Cape Conran Coastal Park , 24 km SE Orbost (37°47’S, 148°44’E), 12.i–13.ii.2005, C. Lambkin. N. Starick (1♁?, ANIC) ; Halls Gap, 3 km S, Grampians Nat. Park (37°25’S, 142°29’E), 250m, 6.ii./1997, D. C. F. Rentz, D., E. S. Ross (1♀, ANIC) ; Little Boys Camp area , 25.i.1940 (1♀, ANIC) ; Lorne , 25.i.1959, B. P. Moore (1?, ANIC) ; North Cascade Camp , 25.i.1940, Eucalyptus regnans (1♀ GS, ANIC) ; NSW: Blacktown, Sydney , 17.xi.1980, R. De Keyzer (1♀, QMB) ; Gloucester Tops , 17.i.1979, C. N. Smithers (1♀. AMS) ; Lord Howe Island, Cowan Track , 400m, before end on right, 33°39’14”S, 151°10’’19”E), 3.xii.2000, Flight int. trap, SLASS1 .int27, S. A. Lassau (1♁, AMS) .

Figures

FIGURES 20–23. Various genera, habitus, dorsal: 20, Australymexylon fuscipennis (Lea) male (8.3 mm); 21, Australymexylon australe (Erichson) female (14.7 mm); 22, Atractocerus crassicornis Clark female (19.9 mm); 23, Atractocerus crassicornis Clark, with portins of hind wing and abdomen deleted; 24, Arractocetus sp. female (McIlwraith Range, QLD, 15.2 mm). All images © CSIRO.