Pristoderus queenslandicus Carter & Zeck 1937, comb. n.
Creators: name: Turco, Federica
name: Ślipiński, Adam
name: Lambkin, Christine L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Zopheridae
Pristoderus
Pristoderus queenslandicus

description: Pristoderus queenslandicus (Carter & Zeck, 1937) comb. n.   
(Figs 2 h, 4h, 6h, 8h)  
 Sparactus queenslandicus Carter & Zeck, 1937: 188.   
 Types. Holotype: Australia, Qld, Yeppoon, X/24. H.J.C., K270113 [Ga: 23.117S 150.717E] (AM)   
Paratype: Australia, Qld, Byfield, Yeppoon, X/24. H.J.C. [Ga: 22.888S 150.639E] (1, ANIC).  
 Other specimens examined. Australian Capital Territory: 35.18S 148.56E, Mt. McDonald Urlarra Rd, 12.xii.1990, Berlesate Anic 1135 litter under Xanthorrhoea australis, A. Kirejtshuk & W. Dressier (7, ANIC); Mt. McDonald nr Cotter Dam, 1.iv.74, ex litter and leaves of Xanthorrhoea australis, Z. Liepa [Ga: 35.317S 148.917E] (2, ANIC); Uriarra Rd, 12.xi.73, on dying Xanthorrhoea fl., D. Thompson [Ga: 35.283S 148.917E] (6, ANIC). New South Wales: (1, ANIC); Blue Mts, Blackburn [Ga: 33.665S 150.285E] (1, SAMA); Eccleston,. iii.21, Xanthorrhoea, H.J. Carter [Ga: 32.249S 151.485E] (2, NMV); Lake Georga Ra., 35.06S 149.02E, 12 km N by W Bungendore, 15.ii.1982, on Xanthorrhoea australis, J.F. Lawrence (1, ANIC); Paterson, C. Oke [Ga: 32.597S 151.600E] (2, NMV); Sydney, C. Gibbons [Ga: 33.865S 151.210E] (1, ANIC); Wild Cattle Cr. State Forest Platypus Flat, 16.xi.1982, J. Doyen [Ga: 30.249S 152.751E] (1, ANIC).   
Queensland: 26.835S 151.552E, Bunya Mts., Burton's Well, 1069m, Pyrethrum, 26 Feb 10, F. Turco, dead grasstree, wet sclerophyll, 18697 (5, QMBA; including 3 in ethanol coll.).  
 South Australia: Deep Ck. Cons. Pk 138 St. 16' 35 St 37.5', 19-20.iii.1981, E.G. Matthews & J.A. Forrest [Ga: 35.623S 138.272E] (2, SAMA); Kangaroo Is., Xanthorrhoea, Lea [Ga: 35.762S 137.619E] (11, SAMA); Kangaroo Is., Mi.S.Mt. Taylor, D. Seton, 31.xii.1965, under gum bark 2,5, N. McFarland [Ga: 35.762S 137.619E] (1, SAMA); Mt Lofty Rgs, S.H. Curnow [Ga: 34.974S 138.709E] (3, SAMA); Mt Painter, Finders Range, H.G. Stokes [Ga: 30.230S 139.359E] (1, SAMA).   
Tasmania: A. Simson (1, SAMA); Hobart, Griffith coll. [Ga: 42.882S 147.323E] (1, SAMA).  
Western Australia: 20.iv.22, H.J. Carter (1, NMV); 31.47S 116.23E, Baker's Hill, 5 mi W of Northam, 6.iv.1969, CSIRO light trap (1, ANIC); Deep Dene, Karridale, 10.ii.1963, L.M. O'Halloran [Ga: 34.201S 115.100E] (1, ANIC); King George Sound [Ga: 35.049S 117.934E] (2, ANIC); Swan R., J. Clark [Ga: 32.055S 115.735E] (2, NMV); Swan R., Lea [Ga: 32.055S 115.735E] (3, SAMA).  
 Diagnosis. This species is similar to P. elongatus and P. occidentalis, but distinct from the former for the costate elytra, lacking tubercles, and supraorbital carina only slightly raised; from the latter for the supraorbital carina weakly sinuate and pronotum indistinctly sculptured with a very shallow groove along anterior edge.   
 Redescription. Body length: 6.8–8.9 mm.   
Body flattened, elongate (ratio max length/max width: 2.81–3.09); colour dark brown, almost black; body vestiture consisting of very short, recumbent whitish setae; setae sparser and more erect on antennae, dense on club.  
Head transverse; supraorbital carina raised, weakly sinuate; supra-antennal carina not raised and edge entire, not indented; eyes protruding with short, squamiform interfacetal setae; angulate protrusion between antennal insertion and eye, visible in lateral view; antennal insertion ventral, just below the edge of supra-antennal carina; antennae 11-segmented with a distinct 3-segmented club; antennomeres I–III subcylindrical; I and III about twice as long as II; IV–VIII very short and simple; IX–XI distinctly transverse to form a compact club.  
Pronotum slightly transverse (pronotal length/width: 0.81–0.83), narrower than elytra, without prominent median process; margins smooth; maximum width at middle, with one angulate lobe, directed anteriorly; sculpture as in Fig. 2 h, with a shallow groove along anterior edge.  
Elytra about twice as long as wide (elytral length/width: 1.91–2.09), with lateral margins straight and smooth; tubercles on elytra absent; 3rd, 5th and 7th intervals weakly costate.  
 Distribution and habitat occurrence. SW Western Australia, SE South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and SE Queensland (Fig. 10 a); open forest.
description: Published as part of Turco, Federica, Ślipiński, Adam & Lambkin, Christine L., 2012, Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae), pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 3239 on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3239.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/280436