Pediomorphus variabilis ( Straneo, 1960 )

Will, Kipling, 2019, Taxonomic Review of the Australian Genus Pediomorphus Chaudoir, 1878 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Abacetini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (3), pp. 629-645 : 633

Pediomorphus variabilis ( Straneo, 1960)

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Fouquetius variabilis Straneo, 1960

Type Material. Holotype male, Northern Territory, Katherine , xii.1957, H Demarz. Frey collection [ NHMB].

Type Locality. Katherine , Northern Territory.

Material Examined. In addition to the holotype, NORTHERN TERRITORY: Katherine , xii.1957, H Demarz; xii.1957, Humpty Doo, H Demarz, [ NHMB]. 3 specimens - Elsey Creek , 19 km SSE of Mataranka, 133°07’ E 15°05’ S, 15.x.1972, EMEC705265 - EMEC705267 ; Bessie Spring 8 km ESE of Cape Crawford, 16°40’ S 135°51’ E, 26.x.1972, EMEC705268 , MS Upton; Daly River Mission, 13°45’ S 138°41’ E, at light, 14.i.1974, JF Hutchinson, EMEC705262 , EMEC705263 ; Nourlangie Creek, 8 km N of Mt. Cahill, 12°48’ S 132°42’ E, 26.x.1972, at light, EB Britton, EMEC705272 , [ ANIC]. Daly River , H Wesselman, EMEC705254 ; MacArthur River 48 km SW by S of Borroloola, 16°27’ S 136°05’ E, 13.iv.1976, at light, JE Feehan, EMEC705264 ; Adelaide River , 13°15’ S 131°06’ E, 17.x.1972, MS Upton, [ ANIC] .

QUEENSLAND: 3 specimens - Townsville, 2.v.1945, WM Mann, EMEC705269 - EMEC705271 , [ USNM]. Langi Lagoon, Mungkan Kandju National Park , 13°27’ S 142°42’ E, 29.vi-5.vii.1998, T Weir, EMEC705273 , [ ANIC]. Iron Range, Cape York, v.1961, [ NHM]. Normanton at Normanton R., 17°39 ′ 31″ S 141°05 ′ 15″ E, UV light, 3m. 1.i.2008, K. Will, AUS2008.i.1.3 [ EMEC] .

Distribution Range. Found from Townsville, Queensland northward up the Cape York Peninsula and west across Northern Territory ( Fig. 20 ).

Notes. Size ranges among the specimens examined are sbl = 4.3–5.3 mm, elytral width = 1.4–1.9 mm, and ocular ratio = 1.33–1.43. This species was moved from Holconotus to Pediomorphus by Will (2015). Straneo (1960) included only the holotype and an allotype under his species and deferred several other specimens that were smaller; he noted they varied enough to cause him to suspect they were other species. He was correct, and two of those specimens are included here under Pediomorphus semilaevis Will , new species.

Figures

Figs. 3–6. Pediomorphus species, dorsal habitus. 3) P. macleayi; 4) P. ruficollis; 5) P. variabilis; 6) P. maximus, holotype. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 20. Localities of Pediomorphus species based on material examined and type localities.

Figs. 21–32. Pediomorphus species, aedeagi, left lateral view (A) and ventral view of tip (B). 21) P. planiusculus; 22) P. elongatus; 23) P. macleayi; 24) P. ruficollis; 25) P. variabilis; 26) P. crenulatus; 27) P. minor; 28) P. semilaevis; 29) P. punctatus; 30) P. robustus; 31) P. storeyi; 32) P. obtusus.