Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae)

摘要

Australian species of the genus Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae) are revised, with the description of nine new species; P. bellus sp. n., P. chloreus sp. n., P. cornutus sp. n., P. duvalensis sp. n., P. monteithi sp. n., P. occidentalis sp. n., P. occultus sp. n., P. spinosus sp. n. and P. tomentosus sp. n., and the re-description of nine species transferred herein to Pristoderus: P. elongatus comb, n., P. leai comb, n., P. pustulosus comb, n., P. queenslandicus comb. n. (Sparactus), P. productus comb, n., P. repandus comb. n. (Illestus), P. interruptus comb. n. (Ditoma), P. saccharatus comb. n. (Byr-sax), P. zigzag comb. n. (Tarphiomimus) and P. phytophorus comb. n. (Dryptops). A new synonymy is assessed for Sparactus proximus Blackburn =Pristoderus interruptus (Erichson) syn. n. Lectotypes are herein designated for Sparactus costatus, S. elongatus, S. proximus, S. pustulosus, Illestus grouvellei, I. productus, I. repandus and paralectotypes for Sparactus costatus. All Australian speciesare illustrated with high-resolution photographs and a key to Australian and Papuan species is given. Detailed locality records are given for each species and distribution maps for Australia are provided.