Abstract
The Australian species of Notodascillus Carter are revised based on examination of available type material and extensive collections. Three very closely related species have been recognised: N. brevicornis (Macleay), N. sublineatus Carter and N. iviei sp. n. Detailed generic and species descriptions, key to the species and distribution data are provided.
References
Carter, H.J. (1935) Australian Coleoptera. Notes and new species. No. IX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 60, 179–193.
Crowson, R.A. (1971) Observations on the superfamily Dascilloidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga), with the inclusion of Karumiidae and Rhipiceridae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 50, 11–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1971.tb00749.x
Grebennikov, V.V. & Scholtz, C.H. (2004) Larvae of Dascillidae (Coleoptera): morphological study and discussion on their proposed relationships to Scarabaeoidea and Eulichadidae. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 34, 29–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187631203788964908
Ivie, M.A & Barclay, M.V.L. (2011) The familial placement and specific membership of Escalerina Bolívar y Pieltain and Paulusiella Mandl, with new synonymies (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Dascillidae, Drilidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 65, 167–172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/072.065.0216
Kukalová-Peck, J. & Lawrence, J.F. (1993) Evolution of the hind wing in Coleoptera. Canadian Entomologist, 125, 181–258. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent125181-2
Kukalová-Peck, J. & Lawrence, J.F. (2004) Relationships among coleopteran suborders and major endoneopteran lineages: Evidence from hind wing characters. European Journal of Entomology, 101, 95–144.
Lawrence, J.F. (1991) Dascillidae (Dascilloidea). In: Stehr, F.W. (Ed.), Immature Insects. Vol. 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa, pp. 369–370.
Lawrence, J.F. (2005) 16.1 Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843. In: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (Eds.), Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology. Band/Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband/Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1. Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). W. DeGruyter, Berlin, pp. 451–456. http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X(2007)61[492:CBVMAS]2.0.CO;2
Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Seago, A.E, Thayer, M.K, Newton, A.F. & Marvaldi, A.E. (2011) Phylogeny of the Coleoptera based on morphological characters of adults and larvae. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 61, 1–217. http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/000345411X576725
Macleay, W. (1872) The Insects of Gayndah, (2nd Paper). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales, 2, 239–318.
Pic, M. (1914) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 58. Dascillidae, Helodidae, Eucinetidae. W. Junk, Berlin, 65 pp.