Australymexylon fuscipennis (Lea)

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 fuscipennis (Lea)

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Hylecoetus fuscipennis Lea, 1912: 466 . Type, ♀, SAM. Examined by Wheeler (1986).

Diagnosis. Australymexylon fuscipennis differs from A. australe in its lighter colour, especially at the elytral bases and males with strongly serrate antenna, smaller setose pads on segment VIII and much smaller penis.

Specimens examined. QLD: Bald Mtn.Area , via Emu Vale , 3-4000’, 22–27.i.1971, G. B. Monteith, etc. (2♁♁, 8♀♀, QMB); Bald Mtn. area , via Emuvale , 3-4000 ft., 22–27.i.1972, L. Hill (1♀, ANIC); Bald Mtn. Area, via Emu Vale, 3-4000;, 26–30.i.1973 , T. Spencer (1♀, QMB); Bald Mtn. Area, via Emu Vale, 3500–4000’, 26–30.i.1973, I. D. Naumann (1, QMB) ;

Brisbane, x–xi.1957, 1961, W. Haseler (4♀♀, QMB) ; Cooloola , Freshwater Rd., rainforest, 9.xi.1974, G. Mon- teith (1♀, QMB) ; Glen Alpin , 4–8.x.1964, P. Kerridge (1♀, Q! MB) ; Inglewood , 1.ii.1954, R. J. Turner (1♀, QMB) ; Middle ridge, 27.xi.1962, A. Macqueen (1♀, QMB) ; Mt. Moffat (24.57’S, 148.02’E), Mahogany Forest, 1000m, 26.ix–26.xi.1995, intercept, G. B. Monteith (1♀, QMB) ; National Park , xii.1919, H. Hacker (1♁, 2♀♀, QMB) ; Stan-thorpe Dr. , xi.1919, H. Jarvis (1♀, QDAF) ; Toowoomba , R. Illidge (1♀, QMB). NSW: Arrawarra, xii.1961, C. W. Frazier (3♀♀, ANIC) ; Barrington House , via Salisbury, 26–28.xii.1965, B. Cantrell (2♁♁, 1♀, QMB) ; Barrington Tops N. P., Cobark Forest Area , 16–17.i.1996, M. J. Fletcher (1♀, ASCU) ; Barrington Tops N. P., Upper Williams River , 550m, 26.i.1987, R. De Keyzer (2♀♀, AMS) ; Bawley Point (30°30’S, 150°24’E), 30.xii.1997, D. C. F. Rentz (2♀♀, ANIC) ; Beaucroft , 10.i.1968, O. M. Williams (1♀, ASCU) ; Blue Mts. (1♀, ANIC) ; Bombala , Bondi State For., iii.1984, Ipsenol tra, Pinus radiata, D. M. Campbell (1♁, ASCU) ; Buccleuch St. For. , Black Andrew, 26.i, 28. ii.2007, I. Hides (1♁, 1♀, ASCU) ; Chichester State For. , via Dungog, 25.xii.1965, T. Weir, B. Cantrell (2♀♀, QMB) ; Congo, xii.1979 – i.1980, M. S. Upton (3♁♁, 2♀♀, ANIC) ; Copeland Tops Forest Rd. , 19 km from Gloucester, 4.i.1982, E. B. Britton (1♀, ANIC) ; Cutler’s Pass , near, 1250 ft., i.1943, A. Musgrave (1♀, AMS) ; Cumberland Nat. For. , 10.i.1988, light trap, D. S. Kent (1♀, ASCU) ; Dingo Tops Forest Park, NW of Wingham, 8.i.1984, G. Williams (1♀, ANIC) ; Dorrigo, W. Heron (1♀, ANIC) ; Durras , i.1939, G. F. Hill (1♀, ANIC) ; Greenwich , xii.1970, P. Zborowski (1♀, ANIC) ; Gundaroo Road property “Calosoma”, 4.iii.1977, B. P. Moore (1♀, ANIC) ; Jerilderie , 1.ii.1970, H. Burton (1♀, QMB) ; Jindabyne (36°25’S, 148°.37’E), 920m, 7.ii.1993, UV blacklight, A. Newton, M. Thayer (1♀, ANIC) ; Lansdowne , 3 km N via Taree, 3.xii.1988, wet forest complex, UV light, G. Williams (1♀, AMS) ; Lansdowne , 3 km N via Taree, 4.i.1989, UV light at rainforest margin, G. Williams (1♀, AMS, K517751 ) ; McCarr’s Creek , Ku-ring-gai Chase, 31.xii.1970, M lamp, D. K. McAlpine (1♁, 1♀, AMS) ; Middle Brother St. For, Bird Tree, 23.xi.2001, MV light, D. Britton, B. Walsh (1♀, AMS) ; Mt. Kaputar Plateau , Mt. Kaputar N. P., NE of Narrabri, 11.i.1989, on Acacia foliage, G. Williams (1♀, AMS) ; Narara , 24.xii.1949, I. Mosse-Robinson (1♀, ASCU) ; Narara , 2.i.1950, I. Mosse-Robinson (1♀, ASCU) ; Narrabri Ag. Res. Sta., 24.ii.1966, W. E. Wright (1♀, ASCU) ; Nepean River , xii.1922, A. Musgrave, T. Campbell (1♀, AMS) ; Queanbeyan , 2.7 km NE, 670m, 30.i.1980, I. F. B. Common (1♀, ANIC) ; Richmond , 3.iii.1993, C. Carr (1♀, ASCU) ; Royal Nat. Park , 28.xii.1970, MV lamp, D. K. McAlpine (1♀, AMS, K517727 ) ; Rydalmere , xii.1976, light trap, G. R. Brown (1♀, ASCU) ; Starr’s Creek , Lansdowne, 23.xii.1990, S. G. Watkins (2♀♀, ANIC) ; Tooloom Plateau , via Urbenville, 16–17.xii.1972, I. Naumann (1♀, QMB) ; “ Tuglo ”, 48 km N of Singleton, 1.i, 16.xii.1977, 20.xii.1980 C. N. Smithers (4♀♀, AMS, K517745–48 ) ; Upper Colo , 1.i.1979, at UV light, D. P. Carne (1♀, ANIC) ; Upper Horseshoe Creek , near Kyogle, 24.xi.1986, at black light, D. J. Scambler (1♀, AMS) ; Wauchope , 72 km W on Oxley Hwy. (31°27’S, 152°44’E), 4.i.1970, at light, Britton, Holloway, Misko (1♁, 2♀♀, ANIC) ; Westleigh , Sydney, 15.xii.1986, at light, G. A. Webb (1♀, ASCU) ; West Pennant Hills , 3.i.1984, light trap, E. E. Taylor (1♀, ASCU) ; West Pimble , near Sydney, 1984, D. J. Scambler (2♀♀, AMS) ; West Pimble , near Sydney, 22.xii.1986, at black light, D. J. Scambler (1♀, AMS) ; West Pimble , near Sydney, 10.xii.1987, at black light, D. J. Scambler (1♀, AMS) ; Wedderburn , 3 km E (34°08’S, 150°49’E), 16,21. xii.2005, at MV light, D. Britton (1♁, 6♀♀, AMS) ; Wedderburn , 3 km E (34°08’S, 150°49’E), 1.i.2011, at MV lamp, D. R. Britton, K. Hill (1♁, 2♀♀, AMS,) ; Yarras , Yarras Timber Mill, ii & xi.1964, M. V. light trap, M. Thompson (4♀♀, ASCU) . VIC: Cann River , 20.i.1967, G. Monteith (4♀♀, QMB) ; Hall’s Gap , 31 km S, Grampians Nat. Park (37.25’S, 142.29’E), 250m, 6.ii.1997, D. C. F. Rentz, E. S. Ross (1♀, ANIC) ; Valencia Creek , 10 mi. N via Maffra, River Crossing, 1.i.1966, T. Weir (2♀♀, QMB) . ACT: Black Mtn. , 18.ii.1951, P. B. Carne (1♀, ANIC) ; Lyneham , Canberra, 1.1964, at light, B. P. Moore (1♁, ANIC). SA: Coorong, 25.xii.1928, A. H. Elston (1♀, AMS) ; Inglewood , nr. Adelaide, 24.xi.1984, G. R. Brown (1♀, ASCU) ; Mt. Lofty Rgs. , A. H. Elston (( 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.